Backstage With Julia: My Years with Julia Child

"This charming new memoir provides a firsthand account of what went on backstage . . . a chronicle of a dynamic era in American culinary history." —The Austin Chronicle

From 1980 onward, Nancy Verde Barr was Julia Child's friend and associate—the executive chef who helped orchestrate the television shows, cookbooks, and articles that made Julia such a beloved figure. Now, Barr looks back over their long association and brings to life the real Julia—the adventurous, inquisitive, and often mis...