By TRISTA CORNELIUS/Special to The Oregonian My friend is taking a recipe-writing class, and her instructor presented an elaborate example. The class declared it terrible. “Guess where it was from?” my friend chided. “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” I said, not at all surprised that Our Lady of the Ladle — as Time…
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In Conversation: Glamour Magazine
Friday, 11/ 1/2013 12:00 PM Life Advice From Julia Child That Goes Way Beyond the Kitchen by Maggie Mertens If there’s one thing I’ve learned here at Glamour, it’s that when amazingly successful women share their stories, the result is downright inspiring. So I was thrilled to see Karen Karbo’s fourth, and final, book from…
Voices on Writing: The ASJA Monthly (American Society of Journalists and Authors)
By Barbara DeMarco-Barrett | From the October 2013 Issue Novelist, journalist, and witty, no-nonsense social commentator, Karen Karbo is the author of the bestselling The Gospel According to Coco Chanel, How Georgia Became O’Keeffe, and How to Hepburn, volumes in what she calls her Kick Ass Women’s Series. Her three novels were all named New…
Who Mastered the Art of Living Like Julia?
On August 15 when I posted this, I had no idea what would happen. Actually, not true. I was prepared to hear crickets. I was prepared to field a few emails written by bored bloggers who were either in traction, prison or stuck on an unexpected ten hour layover. I couldn’t imagine anyone else would…
The Headbutler Reviews Julia Child Rules: Lessons on Savoring Life
By Jesse Kornbluth Oct 09, 2013 “Life is meals,” James and Kay Salter write in their book about food and friends, and I agree. Not so much for what was served and how it was cooked, but who was there and what was said — really, how very alive I felt during those meals. We…
Live Like Julia (7): Savor Life Lessons and Write About Them
Let me start by saying the whole Pinterest and pinning thing is a pure mystery to me. But, I have to tell you, dear Brother & Sister Bloggers, I’m especially proud of one Pinterest creation. Yesterday when I looked over the Live Like Julia board, I felt a gush of emotion for all the people…
Live Like Julia (6): Savor Life Lessons and Write About Them
The Sisterhood of #LiveLikeJulia bloggers would like to welcome our first Brother Blogger! Please give a rousing Julia-worthy welcome to First Man of the charming blog, Two Men and a Little Farm! If you’re at all skeptical that a man can Live Like Julia, check out their incredible Julia Wall. In his post, our brother…
Los Angeles Times Reviews Julia Child Rules: Lessons on Savoring Life
Julia Child’s life lessons — live with abandon, for starters By Alice Short September 23, 2013 So what’s to be learned from the new book “Julia Child Rules/Lessons on Savoring Life”? Much — and we mean much — has been written about the chef, TV star and author (“Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” “The…