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Alex Prud'homme is Julia Child's great-nephew and the coauthor of her autobiography, My Life in France. Prud'homme's articles have appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Time, and People. Sarah Green is a RISD educated illustrator and designer born in San Francisco and currenlty based in British Columbia. She is the illustrator of numerous picture books, including Fight of the Century by Barb Rosenstock, Dorothea Lange by Carole Boston Weatherford, and Elizabeth Warren by Susan Wood. Visit sarahgreenillustration.com.
Prud'homme, a grandnephew through the paternal branch of the Childs, presents a charming, intimate biography of Julia's discovery and realization of her culinary chops, interspersing plenty of quotations that illuminate her wit, common sense, and pedagogical skill that earned the all-American cook the moniker French Chef. Although this offering ends at the beginning of Child's professional career, excellent end notes with thumbnail photographs carry the story forward and supply useful references to her cookbooks and rich media history. Green's digital artwork affectionately celebrates Child towering over the dominantly male milieu of chefs in all her big-boned, strong-jawed, twinkling-eyed glory. This is a must for foodies-in-training, and for anyone who enjoys watching the ascent of unlikely media celebs. -The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review Born Hungry is a vivid portrait of Julia in all her glory. Unpretentious, fun, direct, and honest, it describes her love of cooking and teaching throughout her career, from Le Cordon Bleu, to cookbook author, to television food icon. An enjoyable read. -Jacques Pepin, author, artist, celebrity chef, and a longtime friend and collaborator of Julia Child's
