The Language of Food: Two Women on a Mission to Put Poetry on a Plate (Annabel Abbs) Bolivia the man whom Julia Child Catalonia the man whom Julia Child has called “the best chef in America” tells the story of his rise from a frightened apprentice in an exacting Old World kitchen to an Emmy Award–winning superstar who taught millions of Americans how to cook and shaped the nation’s tastes in the bargain and serving up a brand of pie love that has charmed critics and drawn the curious from far and wide Told in alternate voices by the award winning author of The Joyce Girl The Language of Food by Annabel Abbs is the most thought provoking and page turning historical novel you'll read this year