Mastering The Art Of French Cooking Volume Two - 1970 First Edition - Julia Child & Simone Beck drainer A romantic starry night dinner

A romantic starry night dinner with your spouse

Queen Elizabeth I (the Queen Mother)

Gone was the old-fashioned fancy Victorian meal with its numerous courses and dishes and proprieties

Waldorf Astoria

All with the 1940s sensibility of a couple who lived through both the Great Depression and World War II

Mastering The Art Of French Cooking Volume Two - 1970 First Edition - Julia Child & Simone Beck drainer A romantic starry night dinnerWRITTEN FOR THOSE WHO LOVE TO COOK {HISTORY} Julia Child, nor her runaway classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking, need no introduction to the culinary household. Along with two friends, Louisette and Simone (affectionately known as Simca) these ladies managed to singlehandedly change the way American home cooks approached French food in the 1960s. Reprinted dozens of times, MTAOFC has sold millions of copies since it was first published in 1961