"Born in California in 1912, Julia Child enlisted in the Army and met her future husband, Paul, during World War II. She discovered her love of French food while stationed in Paris and enrolled in Le Cordon Bleu cooking school after her service. Child knew that Americans would love French food as much as she did, so she wrote Mastering the Art of French Cooking in 1961. The book was a success and the public wanted more. America fell in love with Julia...

"Julia Child knew how to have fun, and she also knew how to whip up a delightful meal. After traveling around the world working for the U.S. government, Julia found her calling in the kitchen and devoted her life to learning, perfecting, and sharing the art of French cuisine. This delicious, illustrated biography is a portrait of the remarkable woman, author, and TV personality who captured our hearts with her sparkling personality. 'Bon appétit!'"--Provided...

"When Fannie Farmer learned to cook in the late 1800s, recipes could be pretty silly. They might call for "a goodly amount of salt" or "a lump of butter" or "a suspicion of nutmeg." Girls were supposed to use their "feminine instincts" in the kitchen (or maybe just guess). Despite this problem, Fannie loved cooking, so when polio prevented her from going to college, she became a teacher at the Boston Cooking School. Unlike her mother or earlier cookbook...

Describes the popular street cook's life, including working in his family's restaurant as a child, figuring out what he wanted to do with his life, and his success with his food truck and restaurant.

"Kid-tested, kid-approved recipes and experiments. What is umami? Why do we salt our food? How come some cheeses melt great and others turn into a grainy mess? What makes whipped cream so fluffy? The answers are all here--complete with fun food experiements to do at home and [many] recipes. Cooking--and science--has never been so fun!"--

As young as ten, Flynn wanted to make better food for his family's meals, so he began investigating food from every source he could find: books, the internet, television. Believing curiosity is the main ingredient in creativity, he wrote this book to encourage children to ask questions and try things in a way no one ever has before, in pursuit of any art form but especially cooking.