Julia Child's Kitchen: The Design, Tools, Stories, and Legacy of an Iconic Space

Written by one of the curators responsible for the installation of Julia Child’s Cambridge, MA kitchen in the Smithsonian Institution, this is a fascinating exploration of an important space in 20th-century American culinary history, as well as of the woman who cooked there and the husband who helped her build it.

Because Julia’s husband, Paul, loved photography, there are images of the space from the early days when they first settled into the house at 103 Irving Street, helping to provide a sense of how they made it work for her but displaying his careful hand as well. Paul liked labels.

These are supplemented with later photographs from the era when television shows were filmed there, and carefully captioned shots showing Julia’s equipment just where she wanted it for easy use, including her knife collection and her assortment of gadgets (from a cherry pitter to a shrimp sheller).

With a touching foreword by Jacques Pepin.

Hardcover. Color photographs throughout.