In Julia's kitchen : practical and convivial kitchen design inspired by Julia Child

In Julia's kitchen Practical and convivial kitchen design inspired by Julia Child

Pamela Heyne

Book - 2017

"An illustrated exploration of the ways in which Julia Child's kitchen design and practices influence the modern home" --

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Subjects
Child, Julia > Influence.
French chef (Television program)
Kitchens > Designs and plans.
Interior decoration.
Cooks.
Published
Lebanon, NH : ForeEdge [2017]
Language
English
Main Author
Pamela Heyne (author)
Other Authors
Jim Scherer (author)
Physical Description
144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
9781611689136
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Julia and Her Kitchens
  • 1. The Cambridge Kitchen
  • 2. La Pitchoune
  • 3. The TV Kitchens
  • Part 2. Julia's Kitchen Legacy
  • 4. Gaming Weight While Cooking Less
  • 5. Eating at the Table: Beneficial in Many Ways
  • 6. Simpatico Kitchens
  • 7. Derails
  • Epilogue: The Kitchen at the Smithsonian
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Recommended Reading
  • Illustration Credits
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Architect Heyne (Mirror by Design) revisits the time she interviewed Julia Child about the design of her kitchen for Washingtonian magazine, and expands on Child's insight into kitchen design. The strongest segment of the book recounts the 1989 meeting in words and photos. Child welcomed Heyne and photographer Scherer (who worked with Child on a cookbook) into her Cambridge, Mass., home, and gave them a personal tour of her kitchen. After that, Heyne includes a hodgepodge of interviews with friends and acquaintances of the TV chef, digressions on Child's other kitchens (public and private), and photos from various dinner parties. The book completely goes off the rails as Heyne assesses the French approach to food through the lens of a family friend and offers asides on various kitchen designs she has completed, in addition to a digression on Frank Lloyd Wright and Fallingwater; none of these subjects is covered in depth or tied to Child all that well, and as a result they seem out of place. This meandering book quickly falls out of the scope of its original subject. Photos. (Oct.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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