The outlines of her biography—the cookbooks, the TV stardom—are familiar to many of us. Tomkins captures what set her apart.

Judith eyed the manuscript. The book was huge—750 pages long. French Recipes for American Cooks by Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck, and Julia Child, the cover read. Judith didn’t recognize ...

With the October publication of her new book “Julia Child’s Kitchen: The Design, Tools, Stories, and Legacy of an Iconic ...

While that was Powell's last book, she did continue to write. Most recently, she returned to Salon to write a series of commentary pieces about the Food Network series "The Julia Child Challenge.'" " ...

Julie Powell, the bestselling author of “Julie & Julia” who famously documented her yearlong mission to cook every recipe in Julia Child’s book “Mastering the Art of French Cooking ...

Julia Child met Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, who were in the midst of writing a cookbook for American readers. The three joined forces to complete the project, a book called Mastering The ...

Her blog about cooking every recipe in a Julia Child book was a hit and led to a book deal and film adaptation. Author Julie Powell attends the premiere of "Julie & Julia" at The Ziegfeld Theatre ...

Book editors rarely receive media coverage. They typically stay in the background while authors take up space and create culture. But many of us who are fans of Julia Child know that Judith Jones, her ...

Powell quickly became an internet sensation after blogging for a year about making every recipe in Julia Child’s "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." Her blog landed her a book deal and later ...

(Child didn’t live to see the publication of the book or the movie that it was based on.) In 2009 the movie “Julie & Julia” was released. Written and directed by Nora Ephron (it would wind ...