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Avis DeVoto (May 22, 1904 – March 7, 1989) was an American culinary editor, book reviewer, and cook. She was highly influential in editing and guiding two famous cookbooks to publication: Julia Child 's Mastering the Art of French Cooking and the US edition of the British food writer Elizabeth David 's Italian Food .
Feb 2, 2023 · Avis DeVoto played a crucial role in not just the life of chef Julia Child, but is largely responsible for the success of Child's cookbook on French cooking.
Mar 31, 2022 · Avis, who is also White, flags him down by name, then offers some blithe, cringe-y advice to her shopping companion: “It pays to be pushy,” she stage whispers.
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Jan 1, 2010 · Now more than 200 letters exchanged between Julia and Avis DeVoto, her friend and unofficial literary agent memorably introduced in the hit movie Julie & Julia, open the window on her deepest thoughts and feelings.
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Dec 9, 2010 · Now comes “As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto,” a book for completists, the sort of pathetic losers who’d line up to buy a book of Child’s grocery lists, were it ...
Apr 9, 2011 · A book review of the letters between Julia Child and Avis DeVoto, her pen pal and adviser during the writing of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. The reviewer praises the book as a memoir, a comedy and a tribute to the friendship and food culture of the 1950s.
Mar 4, 2011 · Julia Child and Avis DeVoto began their friendship in 1952 as pen pals. Avis’s husband, Bernard, had written a diatribe against stainless steel knives; Julia wrote him a fan letter from Paris; Avis answered it from Cambridge. They remained friends until Avis’s death in 1989.
