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The Tenth Muse

My Life in Food

Judith Jones

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English
Alfred A. Knopf
15 January 2009
The evocative, inspiring, and delightful memoir from the legendary Knopf editor and one of the seminal figures in modern American culinary history. FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK.

A memoir by the legendary cookbook editor who was present at the creation of the American food revolution and played a pivotal role in shaping it. ""Engrossing. . . . The Tenth Muse lets you pull up a chair at the table where American gastronomic history took place.""-O, The Oprah Magazine

Living

in Paris after World War II, Jones broke free of bland American food and reveled

in everyday French culinary delights. On returning to the States she published Julia

Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. The rest is publishing and gastronomic

history. A new world now opened up to Jones as she discovered, with her husband Evan,

the delights of American food, publishing some of the premier culinary luminaries

of the twentieth century- from Julia Child, James Beard, and M.F.K. Fisher to Claudia

Roden, Edna Lewis, and Lidia Bastianich.

Also included are fifty of Jones's favorite

recipes collected over a lifetime of cooking-each with its own story and special

tips.

""Lovely. . . . A rare glimpse into the roots of the modern culinary world.""-Chicago Tribune
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Imprint:   Alfred A. Knopf
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 201mm,  Width: 132mm,  Spine: 17mm
Weight:   272g
ISBN:   9780307277442
ISBN 10:   0307277445
Pages:   304
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Judith Jones is Senior Editor and Vice President at Alfred A. Knopf. She joined the company in 1957 as an editor working primarily on translations of French writers such as Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre. She had worked before that for Doubleday, first in New York and then in Paris, where she was responsible for reading and recommending The Diary of Anne Frank. In addition to her literary authors, she has been particularly interested in developing a list of first-rate cookbook writers; her authors have included Julia Child (Judith published Julia's first book and was her editor ever after), Lidia Bastianich, James Beard, Marion Cunningham, Rosie Daley, Marcella Hazan, Madhur Jaffrey, Edna Lewis, Scott Peacock, Joan Nathan, Jacques Pepin, Claudia Roden, and Nina Simonds. She is the coauthor with Evan Jones (her late husband) of two books- The Book of Bread- Knead It, Punch It, Bake It! (for children); and The Book of New New England Cookery. She also collaborated with Angus Cameron on The L.L. Bean Game and Fish Cookbook. Recently, she has contributed to Vogue, Saveur, and Gourmet magazines. In 2006, she was awarded the James Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award.

Reviews for The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food

Lovely, elegant, and passionate. </p> <i>Newsday</i></p> Engaging. . . . [Jones's] refined gourmandise is present on every page. </p> <i>The Washington Post</i></p> Lovely. . . . A rare glimpse into the roots of the modern culinary world. </p> <i>Chicago Tribune</i></p> Engrossing. . . . <i>The Tenth Muse</i> lets you pull up a chair at the table where American gastronomic history took place. </p> <i>O, The Oprah Magazine</i></p>


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