In article 4, Wayne
Boatwright wrote:


I have not ready anything by this author, but I think anyone who is
seriously critical of Julia Child as a cook should be seriously ignored.

No, definitely not. I'd been a fan for thirty odd years, but the Hess
book's accusations are very convincing. For a flavour (or should that
be flavor?) see some extracts at

http://preview.tinyurl.com/2j87qp

Their main criticisms are that Child is unneccessarily fussy, sets
technique above good, fresh ingredients, and uses far too much flour.

It is a brilliant and, as you'll see if you do a hunt back through this
newsgroup, a seminal book.

It's also, while being very critical of some aspects of modern America,
particularly ** and admirably ** American in its no-nonsense
robustness.

Lazarus