Julie & Julia

Americans in Paris

Julia Child, in "The French Chef"—her first TV series, which began in 1963—was amazingly quick. Moving her pots and pans and little bowls of chopped onions and clarified butter around the counter, she might have been a three-card-monte player in Times Square. American home cooks may have mastered Child's recipes, but her hands, in their sureness and speed, were unmatchable by anyone but a pro. Child was strong in so many ways, and her absence of fear and self-consciousness allowed her to express a good cheer and a satisfaction in life that even a five-year-old could feel. [...]

di David Denby, articolo completo (2777 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New Yorker 24 agosto 2009