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Julia Child could barely cook when she married at 34. She enrolled at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris at 37, and after one publisher rejected her manuscript, 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' appeared in 1961 — when she was 49.

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The book was written with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle over nearly a decade. Houghton Mifflin turned it down, reasoning that Americans wanted something quick from a mix; Knopf took the risk. Child was 51 when her television programme began, waving knives and dropping food with cheerful honesty. The lesson she embodied was simple: appetite for learning matters more than an early start.

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Julia Child 34 yaşında evlendiğinde doğru dürüst yemek yapamıyordu. 37'sinde Paris'te Le Cordon Bleu'ya yazıldı; bir yayınevi kitabını geri çevirdikten sonra 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' 1961'de yayımlandı — Child 49 yaşındaydı.

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Kitap, Simone Beck ve Louisette Bertholle ile birlikte yaklaşık on yılda yazıldı. Houghton Mifflin, Amerikalıların hazır karışımdan çabucak pişen tarifler istediğini düşünerek kitabı reddetti; riski Knopf aldı. Child televizyon programına başladığında 51'indeydi; elinde bıçaklar, neşeli bir dürüstlükle yemek düşürüyordu. Temsil ettiği ders basitti: Öğrenme iştahı, erken başlamaktan daha önemlidir.

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Julia Child could barely cook when she married at 34. She enrolled at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris at 37, and after one publisher rejected her manuscript, 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' appeared in 1961 — when she was 49.

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