Appetite For Life_ The Biography Of Julia Child Part 23

Published Sources "It slipped": Margo Greep, "JC Adds Spice to Banquet," Smith College Sophian Sophian (April 13, 1978): 1. (April 13, 1978): 1.

"representing more than half": Jules Tygiet, The Great Los Angeles Swindle: Oil, Stocks, and Scandal During the Roaring Twenties The Great Los Angeles Swindle: Oil, Stocks, and Scandal During the Roaring Twenties (NY: Oxford, 1994): 310. (NY: Oxford, 1994): 310.

"five percent": Historical Statistics of the U.S. Historical Statistics of the U.S., Part 1 (Wash. DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census, 1995): 380.

"model food of the twentieth century": Laura Shapiro, Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century (NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986): 214. (NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986): 214.

"Inspired": Nao Hauser, "JC: Her Life, Her Great Love, and Her Future," Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune (March 3, 1980): 4. (March 3, 1980): 4.

"She will return here": "Pasadena Girl Achieves High Honors in East," Pasadena Star-News Pasadena Star-News (clipping). (clipping).

CHAPTER 5.

CAREER SEARCH (19341943) Unpublished Sources Interviews: JC, DC, John and Josephine McWilliams III 8/13/93, Orian (Babe) Hall [Hallor] 2/19/94, Charles Hall 2/9/94, Peggy Clark [VanderVeer] 2/13/94, Mary Ford [Cairns] 2/14/94, Connie Thayer [Cory] 5/15/94, Charlotte Snyder [Turgeon] 8/14/93, Robert P. Hastings 2/9/95, Anita Hinckley [Hovey] (5/25/94), Katy and Freeman (Tule) Gates 4/24/93, Mary Frances Snow [Russell] 1/31/94, Gay Bradley [Wright] 2/5/96, John (Jack) L. Moore 5/20/94, Elizabeth (Betty) MacDonald [McIntosh] 11/3/93. Lawrence Deitz, a biographer of the Chandler family, on Harrison Gray Otis Chandler 190386. Transcript of Foreign Service Spouse Oral History, 11/7/91.

Correspondence: Carolyn McWilliams to DC, 193437; Harold J. Coolidge to NRF, 3/22/94 and 7/8/96; Catharine Carton [Smith] to NRF, 3/12/94; Edwin J. (Ned) Putzell, Jr., to NRF, 1/14/94 and 1/31/95; Alice Carson [Hisc.o.c.k] to NRF, 2/6/95 and 2/23/95; Elizabeth Cathcart Tisdel to NRF, 3/4/97.

Archives: Private: Private: JC (sporadic) diary 193542; JC unpublished writings, including essays and correspondence for W. & J. Sloane, JC (sporadic) diary 193542; JC unpublished writings, including essays and correspondence for W. & J. Sloane, Coast Coast magazine, and plays for Junior League; "An Evening with JC: At the Valley Hunt Club," tape 11/7/90; JC's U.S. government doc.u.ments; Richard C. Hisc.o.c.k, "Development of Exposure Suits" (5-page report), n.d. (courtesy Alice Carson Hisc.o.c.k). magazine, and plays for Junior League; "An Evening with JC: At the Valley Hunt Club," tape 11/7/90; JC's U.S. government doc.u.ments; Richard C. Hisc.o.c.k, "Development of Exposure Suits" (5-page report), n.d. (courtesy Alice Carson Hisc.o.c.k). Smith College: Smith College: alumni records; JC to Marjorie P. Nield (alumni office), 12/6/35; JC oral history transcription for alumni records; JC to Marjorie P. Nield (alumni office), 12/6/35; JC oral history transcription for College. A Mosaic College. A Mosaic, 10/10/72; Smith Alumnae Quarterly. Schlesinger: JC Smith Alumnae Quarterly. Schlesinger: JC to AD, 2/12/53; JC to AD, 2/25/53; PC to CC, 10/25/71. to AD, 2/12/53; JC to AD, 2/25/53; PC to CC, 10/25/71.

Published Sources "Middle-cla.s.s women": Polly Frost, "Wild Child," Interview Interview, xix (Fall 1989): 63.

"I used to go to Grand Central": Susan Goodman, "Penthouse Potluck," Modern Maturity Modern Maturity (Nov./Dec. 1996): 36. (Nov./Dec. 1996): 36.

"climate is a scandal": John Steinbeck, "The Making of a New Yorker," New York Times Magazine New York Times Magazine (Feb. 1, 1953): 27. See also Susan Edmiston and Linda D. Cirono, (Feb. 1, 1953): 27. See also Susan Edmiston and Linda D. Cirono, Literary New York: A History and Guide Literary New York: A History and Guide (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976): 235. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976): 235.

"The Intelligent": JC, "The Intelligent Woman Voter," Pasadena Junior League News Pasadena Junior League News (Oct. 19, 1939): 13. (Oct. 19, 1939): 13.

"Oh why do you walk": a slightly misquoted pa.s.sage from Frances Cornford's "To a Fat Lady Seen from the Train." My grat.i.tude to E. S. Yntema for identifying this verse.

"increase his needs": Dorothy Thompson, "On the Record: The W.P.A.," New York Herald Tribune New York Herald Tribune (Oct. 21 [1942]), clipping. (Oct. 21 [1942]), clipping.

"a bunch of college professors": R. Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency (Berkeley: Univ. of CA, 1972): 13. (Berkeley: Univ. of CA, 1972): 13.

"potential postwar clients": Stanley P. Lovell, Of Spies & Stratagems Of Spies & Stratagems (NY: Pocket Books, 1963): 194. (NY: Pocket Books, 1963): 194.

"largely unvouchered": Smith, OSS OSS, 3, 5.

"helter-skelter but brilliant": Smith, OSS OSS, 12.

CHAPTER 6.

INDIA INTRIGUE (19441945) Unpublished Sources Interviews: JC, John L. (Jack) Moore 5/20/94, Elizabeth (Betty) MacDonald [McIntosh] 11/3/93, I. Guy Martin 9/30/94, Mary Livingston (Mrs. Dillon Ripley) 9/27/94, Fisher Howe 9/28/94, Thibaut de Saint Phalle 12/5/94.

Correspondence: OSS colleagues: Alice C. Carson [Hisc.o.c.k] to NRF, 2/6/95 and 2/23/95; Louis J. Hector to NRF, 11/96; Eleanor (Ellie) Thiry [Summers] to NRF, 9/7/94; Virginia (Peachy) Durand [Shelden] to NRF 2/3/95; Edwin J. (Ned) Putzell, Jr., to NRF, 1/14/94; Thibaut de Saint Phalle to NRF, 12/5/94; Catharine (Kitty) Carton [Swett] to NRF, 1/31/95 and 1/4/97; Byron S. Martin to NRF, 1/11/95 and 1/26/95; Elizabeth (Betty) MacDonald [McIntosh] to NRF, 11/27/96, Geoffrey M. T. Jones, Pres. Veterans of OSS, to NRF, 5/19/94. JC to Sue Van Voches (Encyclopedia of American Women) (Encyclopedia of American Women), 10/20/72; Peggy Wheeler to JC, 7/18/44.

Archives: Private: Private: diaries of JC ("Oh So Private"), Eleanor (Ellie) Thiry [Summers] ("excerpts from letters home"), and Joseph R. Coolidge; PC to CC letters, courtesy John Moore and Rachel Child; JC and PC private records. diaries of JC ("Oh So Private"), Eleanor (Ellie) Thiry [Summers] ("excerpts from letters home"), and Joseph R. Coolidge; PC to CC letters, courtesy John Moore and Rachel Child; JC and PC private records. Schlesinger: Schlesinger: copies of PC letter-diary to CC, 194345. copies of PC letter-diary to CC, 194345. Smith College: Smith College: JC and PC oral history transcript for JC and PC oral history transcript for College. A Smith Mosaic College. A Smith Mosaic, 10/10/72. National Archives: National Archives: files #9300811 and #9300812, 199395. files #9300811 and #9300812, 199395. CIA: CIA: file #F93-0455 (obtained with JC permission under the FOIA, 5/95). file #F93-0455 (obtained with JC permission under the FOIA, 5/95).

Published Sources "had a veritable genius": Jane Foster, An UnAmerican Lady An UnAmerican Lady (London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1980): 134. (London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1980): 134.

"Kandy is probably": Philip Ziegler, Mountbatten Mountbatten (NY: Harper & Row, 1985): 279. (NY: Harper & Row, 1985): 279.

"direction [to] the sea" and "the future of Asia": Barbara Tuchman, Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 191145 Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 191145 (NY: Macmillan, 1970): 446, 455. (NY: Macmillan, 1970): 446, 455.

"a highly developed security": Elizabeth P. MacDonald [McIntosh]. Undercover Girl Undercover Girl (NY: Macmillan, 1947): 26. (NY: Macmillan, 1947): 26.

"one hero in my life": Donna Lee, "The Man Behind JC," Boston Herald American Magazine Boston Herald American Magazine (May 10, 1981): 9. (May 10, 1981): 9.

"Morale in her section": Elizabeth P. McIntosh, The Role of Women in Intelligence The Role of Women in Intelligence, Intelligence Profession Series No. 5 (McLean, VA: a.s.sociation of Former Intelligence Officers, 1989): 35.

"held her ground": Colonel Heppner remembered that it was Mary Livingston Eddy [Ripley], Julia's colleague, who had the hole cut in the floor.

"OSS brain bank": MacDonald, Undercover Girl Undercover Girl, 26.

"Ceylon was an Elysium": Jane Foster quoted in MacDonald, Undercover Girl Undercover Girl, 132.

CHAPTER 7.

TO CHINA WITH LOVE (1945).

Unpublished Sources Interviews: JC, John (Jack) Moore 5/20/94, Elizabeth (Betty) MacDonald [Heppner] [McIntosh] 11/3/93, I. Guy Martin 9/30/94, Mary Livingston Eddy [Ripley] 3/31/94 and 7/94, George and Elizabeth (Betty) Kubler 9/26/94.

Correspondence: Elizabeth (Betty) MacDonald [Heppner] [McIntosh] to NRF, 11/27/96; Byron S. Martin to NRF, 1/11/95 and 1/26/95; Louis J. Hector to NRF, 10/16/96; Edwin J. (Ned) Putzell, Jr., to NRF, 1/31/95; Virginia (Peachy) Durand [Shelden] to NRF, 2/3/95; Eleanor (Ellie) Thiry [Summers] to NRF, 9/7/94; PC to "My darling Joan," 4/17/45.

Archives: Private: Private: copies JC and PC U.S. government records, family letters; diaries of Julia McWilliams, Eleanor (Ellie) Thiry [Summers], Virginia (Peachy) Durand, and Joseph R. Coolidge; unpublished stories by Jeanne Taylor. copies JC and PC U.S. government records, family letters; diaries of Julia McWilliams, Eleanor (Ellie) Thiry [Summers], Virginia (Peachy) Durand, and Joseph R. Coolidge; unpublished stories by Jeanne Taylor. Schlesinger: Schlesinger: PC letter-diary to CC, 1943, 1945, and 8/2/53; JC to AD, 3/18/53. PC letter-diary to CC, 1943, 1945, and 8/2/53; JC to AD, 3/18/53. National Archives: National Archives: Ref. #9300811 and #9300812, 199395. CIA: file #F93-0455 (obtained with JC permission under the FOIA, 5/95). Ref. #9300811 and #9300812, 199395. CIA: file #F93-0455 (obtained with JC permission under the FOIA, 5/95).

Published Sources "aluminum trail": Barbara Tuchman, Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 191145 Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 191145 (NY: Macmillan, 1970): 302. (NY: Macmillan, 1970): 302.

"the C-54": Elizabeth MacDonald, Undercover Girl Undercover Girl (NY: Macmillan, 1947): 150. (NY: Macmillan, 1947): 150.

"forced [and] unhappy alliance": R. Harris Smith, OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency (Berkeley: Univ. of CA, 1972): 251. (Berkeley: Univ. of CA, 1972): 251.

"medieval cesspool": Theodore H. White and Annalee Jacoby. Thunder Out of China Thunder Out of China (London: Victor Gollancz, 1947): 154. (London: Victor Gollancz, 1947): 154.

"the atmosphere of a frontier town": Robert Hayden Alcorn, No Bugles for Spies: Tales of the OSS No Bugles for Spies: Tales of the OSS (London: White Lion, 1977): 63. (London: White Lion, 1977): 63.

"Old Testament Christian": Theodore White at Large: The Best of His Magazine Writing 19391986 Theodore White at Large: The Best of His Magazine Writing 19391986, ed. Edward T. Thompson (NY: Pantheon, 1992): 43. Originally published in Life Life, March 2, 1942.

"corrupt political clique": White and Jacoby, White at Large White at Large, 104. Originally published in Life Life, May 1, 1944.

"this rotten regime": Tuchman, Stilwell Stilwell, 378.

"bulged with reports": Smith, OSS OSS, 269.

"one of the most alert" and "Sub Rosy": MacDonald, Undercover Girl Undercover Girl, 108, 210.

"the terrible Army food": JC, "How I Learned to Love Cooking," Parade Parade (Nov. 13, 1994): 13. (Nov. 13, 1994): 13.

"a knowledge of food and drink": Peter Farb and George Armelagos, Consuming Pa.s.sions: The Anthropology of Eating Consuming Pa.s.sions: The Anthropology of Eating (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 198): 192. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 198): 192.

"There will be no more wars": Theodore H. White, In Search of History: A Personal Adventure In Search of History: A Personal Adventure (London: Cope, 1979): 224. (London: Cope, 1979): 224.

"melt[ing]" his "frozen earth": PC, Bubbles from the Spring Bubbles from the Spring (n.p.: Antique Press, 1974): [37]. The published poem differs slightly from the PC letter to CC, Aug. 16, 1945. (n.p.: Antique Press, 1974): [37]. The published poem differs slightly from the PC letter to CC, Aug. 16, 1945.

"model of ambiguity": Smith, OSS OSS, 280.

"greatest revolution": White and Jacoby, Thunder Out of China Thunder Out of China, 9.

"We always talked": JC, Parade Parade, 13.

"a sudden vacuum": MacDonald, Undercover Girl, 221 Undercover Girl, 221.

"marginal part": Bradley F. Smith, The Shadow Warriors: OSS and the Origins of the CIA The Shadow Warriors: OSS and the Origins of the CIA (London: Deutsch, 1983): 310. (London: Deutsch, 1983): 310.

"ama.s.sed an incredible amount of information": Stanley Lovell, Of Spies & Stratagems Of Spies & Stratagems (NY: Pocket Books, 1963): 219. (NY: Pocket Books, 1963): 219.

CHAPTER 8.

EASTWARD HO (19451946) Unpublished Sources Interviews: JC, DC 4/30/93 and 2/16/94, Freeman and Katy Gates 4/24/93 and 2/16/95, John L. Moore 5/20/94, John and Josephine McWilliams 8/13/93, Philadelphia Cousins 3/31/95, Samuel Cousins 2/16/95, Rachel Child 2/24/94 and 11/8/96, Erica Prud'homme 9/22/94, Robert P. Hastings 2/9/95, William A. Truslow 4/20/95, Gay Bradley Wright 2/5/96, Thibaut de Saint Phalle 12/5/94, Francis Myer Brennan 9/23/94, Paul Sheeline 2/26/94, Edmond Kennedy 9/27/94, Eleanor (Ollie) Noall 2/25/94. Group interview with Child siblings, Rachel Child, Erica Prud'homme, Jonathan Child 8/17/93.

Correspondence: Katy Gates to JC, 9/14/82; Nancy Gregg Hatch to NRF, 8/29/96 and 9/3/96; Erica Prud'homme to JC, 5/26/94; PC to Erica Prud'homme, 6/9/86; John L. Moore to NRF, 9/14/94.

Archives: Private: Private: JC & PC love letters (12/455/46), business files; James S. Cus.h.i.+ng, JC & PC love letters (12/455/46), business files; James S. Cus.h.i.+ng, The Genealogy of the Cus.h.i.+ng Family The Genealogy of the Cus.h.i.+ng Family (1905, 1979); Ellie Thiry's diary (on leaving China). (1905, 1979); Ellie Thiry's diary (on leaving China). Avon Old Farms School: Avon Old Farms School: Gordon Clark Ramsey, "Aspiration & Perseverance: The History of Avon Old Farms School," n.d. Gordon Clark Ramsey, "Aspiration & Perseverance: The History of Avon Old Farms School," n.d. Schlesinger: Schlesinger: PC letter-diary to CC, 1943, 1946, 11/22/52 and 11/25/68. PC letter-diary to CC, 1943, 1946, 11/22/52 and 11/25/68.

Published Sources "Ivy League clientele": Michael Lomonaco with Donna Farsman, "21: The Speakeasy That Became a Restaurant That Became a Legend," Gourmet Gourmet (Nov. 1995): 208. (Nov. 1995): 208.

"Mrs. Hill had never seen": quoted in NRF, "The Crisco Kid," Los Angeles Los Angeles (July 1996): 84. (July 1996): 84.

"My father was very difficult": Roberta Wallace Coffey, "Julia and Paul Child: Their Recipe for Love," McCall's McCall's (Nov. 1988): 98. (Nov. 1988): 98.

"had to decline": Recollections of John McWilliams: His Youth, Experiences in California, and the Civil War Recollections of John McWilliams: His Youth, Experiences in California, and the Civil War (Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, [1919?]): 67. (Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, [1919?]): 67.

"tall willowy": CC, Roots in the Rock Roots in the Rock (Boston: Little, Brown, 1964): 123. (Boston: Little, Brown, 1964): 123.

CHAPTER 9.

FLAVORS OF MARRIAGE (19461948) Unpublished Sources Interviews: JC, DC 2/2/96, John L. (Jack) Moore 5/20/94, Francis Myer Brennan 10/7/93, Fisher and Debby Howe 9/28/94, Elizabeth (Betty) and George Kubler 9/26/94, Colin Eisler 12/2/95 and 1/12/97, Sally Bicknell [Miall] 3/25/94, Peter and Mari Bicknell 3/21/94, Edmond Kennedy 9/27/94, Mary Case Warner 11/3/93, Philadelphia Cousins 3/31/95, Guy Martin 9/30/94, Paul Sheeline 2/26/94, Mary Tonetti Dorra 5/6/94. Group interview with Rachel Child, Erica Prud'homme, Jonathan Child 8/17/93.

Correspondence: Peter and Mari Bicknell to NRF, 3/94; Joan Brewster to NRF, 3/14/95; Elizabeth Bicknell to NRF, 1/20/94.

Archives: State of New Jersey: State of New Jersey: wedding certificate. wedding certificate. Dept. of State: Dept. of State: PC's government records. PC's government records. Private: Private: PC private diary 1/48. PC private diary 1/48. Schlesinger: Schlesinger: PC to CC, 10/29/48, 10/31/48, 11/24/49, 12/21/68 (no letter-diary exists for this period because both Child families were living in the same city); PC to George and Betty Kubler, 2/9/47, 3/6/47, 9/21/48, and 10/29/48. PC to CC, 10/29/48, 10/31/48, 11/24/49, 12/21/68 (no letter-diary exists for this period because both Child families were living in the same city); PC to George and Betty Kubler, 2/9/47, 3/6/47, 9/21/48, and 10/29/48.

Published Sources "wholly compliant femininity": Laura Shapiro, Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century (NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986): 227. (NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986): 227.

"toward flavor": Robert Clark, James Beard: A Biography James Beard: A Biography (NY: HarperCollins, 1993): 93. (NY: HarperCollins, 1993): 93.

"charming, civilized": Anne Mendelson, Stand Facing the Stove: The Story of the Women Who Gave America The Joy of Cooking Stand Facing the Stove: The Story of the Women Who Gave America The Joy of Cooking (NY: Henry Holt, 1996): 144. (NY: Henry Holt, 1996): 144.

"the real thing": James Beard quoted by John L. Hess and Karen Hess, The Taste of America The Taste of America (NY: Grossman, 1977): 65. (NY: Grossman, 1977): 65.

CHAPTER 10.

A PARIS (19481949) Unpublished Sources Interviews: JC, DC 3/9/94, Helene Baltrusaitis 7/28/93, Madame du Couedic 7/95, Sylvie (Pouly) and Jacques Delecuse 7/95, Helen Kirkpatrick [Milbank] 9/19/95, Elizabeth (Betty) MacDonald Heppner [McIntosh] 11/3/93, John L. Moore 5/24/94, Philadelphia Cousins 3/31/95, Anne Hastings (granddaughter of Madame Ebrard Saint-Ange) 9/30/94, George and Elizabeth (Betty) Kubler 9/26/94, Francis (f.a.n.n.y) Myer Brennan 10/7/93 and 9/23/94, Mari and Peter Bicknell 3/21/94, Sally [Bicknell] Miall 3/25/94, Janou Walcutt 2/3/95, Rosemary Manell 5/30/93, Paul Sheeline 2/26/94. Karen Walker interview with Darthea Speyer 1/31/97. Group interview with Rachel Child, Erica Prud'homme, Jonathan Child 8/17/93.

Correspondence: JC to Jeffrey Meyers, 10/4/84; Richard S. Mowrer to NRF, 2/21/95; Janou Walcutt to NRF, 2/3/95; Mari and Peter Bicknell to NRF, 3/94; Sally [Bicknell] Miall to NRF, 4/4/94; Mrs. Alfred (Jean) Friendly to NRF, 7/11/96; JC to Albert Sonnenfeld, 10/12/91.

Archives: Private: Private: JC and PC datebooks, 1948, 1949; Mowrer/Child correspondence (courtesy Richard Scott Mowrer). JC and PC datebooks, 1948, 1949; Mowrer/Child correspondence (courtesy Richard Scott Mowrer). Schlesinger: Schlesinger: PC letter-diary to CC/FC (the major source for this chapter), 1948, 1949; correspondence JC, George and Betty Kubler, LB, MFKF, CC and FC; MFKF to JC, 9/24/67. PC letter-diary to CC/FC (the major source for this chapter), 1948, 1949; correspondence JC, George and Betty Kubler, LB, MFKF, CC and FC; MFKF to JC, 9/24/67. Beinecke: Beinecke: PC/Myers/Brennan correspondence. PC/Myers/Brennan correspondence. Smith College: Smith Alumni Quarterly Smith College: Smith Alumni Quarterly, oral history transcript for College. A Smith Mosaic College. A Smith Mosaic, 10/10/72.

Published Sources "golden Normandy b.u.t.ter": JC, From JC's Kitchen, 117. All versions of her first meal in France-including the lengthy JC, "That Lunch in Rouen," New York Times New York Times (Oct. 10, 1993): 12-differ somewhat from the authoritative version, PC to CC Nov. 30, 1948, written that evening. (Oct. 10, 1993): 12-differ somewhat from the authoritative version, PC to CC Nov. 30, 1948, written that evening.

"finest group of American civilians": Theodore White, In Search of History: A Personal Adventure In Search of History: A Personal Adventure (London: Cape, 1979): 284. (London: Cape, 1979): 284.

"grimier": Herbert Lottman, The Left Bank: Writers, Artists, and Politics from the Popular Front to the Cold War The Left Bank: Writers, Artists, and Politics from the Popular Front to the Cold War (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982): 238. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982): 238.