I was interviewed on Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s WTMJ this morning. Watch the video here.
Buffalo News, September 15 2012
A look into the life of an original foodie
“Bob Spitz’s ‘Dearie’ has quickly become a blockbuster of its own. It’s a good read, and an astonishing one.”
San Gabriel Valley Tribune, September 8, 2012
The Washington Post, September 7, 2012
“Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child” by Bob Spitz
Now, those with a hunger for all things Julia have a substantial new biography by Bob Spitz to sink their teeth into.
The Stamford Advocate, September 6, 2012
The National Post, Canada, August 18, 2012
Lopaus Point, Maine, 1951
When Julia Child first visited the Child family cabin in Lopaus Point, Maine, her cooking skills were non-existent. She began gradually with KP duties like peeling potatoes and chopping onions. A self-professed “social butterfly,” Julia took flight in that rustic kitchen until she and her sister-in-law Freddie began churning out delicious banquets.
The New York Times, August 26, 2012
“Spitz has previously written about the Beatles and Bob Dylan, and he evinces the music fan’s pleasure in arcana and turning up picayune personal quirks and peccadilloes…
The book contains a bald disclaimer: “If I have to admit to one prejudice confronting this book it is that I had a powerful crush on her,” Spitz writes. “Sorry. Deal with it.” (He fell for the then 80-year-old Child in 1992, while on a magazine assignment in Italy.) He’s not alone. “Dearie” describes just how profoundly Child changed the culinary landscape, but her public persona made her beloved. With her odd diction, her comforting and comical presence, she resembled nothing so much as a “jolly, highly cultured Muppet,” [Devra] First writes.”
The National Post, Canada, August 15, 2012
The New York Times, August 15, 2012
Good Morning America, August 15, 2012
The BBC, August 15 2012
NPR’s The Diane Rehm Show, August 15, 2012
CBC, Canada: August 15, 2012
CTV News, Canada: August 14, 2012
Smithsonian Magazine, August 13, 2012
The McWilliams sisters in Paris, 1950
At 6’3”, Julia Child was the shortest of her siblings. Her sister Dort was 6’6” and her brother John was 6’5”. What did Julia think about her height? In the new biography, Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child, available on August 8th, she bemoans the hardships of her gargantuan size and debilitating physical obstacles that eventually led to her death.
