I had the most delightful evening. Debra Irwin and I went to hear Judith Jones, Julia Child's longtime editor from Knopf, speak in Portland. She was a wonderful speaker and shared many colorful stories of her experiences with Julia. She told of the Christmas she spent in France at Paul and Julia's home where she watched Julia remove the tendons from the Christmas goose by putting it on the floor, breaking its ankles (I hope the goose was already dead), wrapping the tendons around her index fingers, pinning the goose legs down with a broom under her feet and pulling. When they popped out Julia remarked "Just like uncorking a bottle of champagne"!
I purchased Judith's new book, The Tenth Muse, My Life in food. She autographed it for me and posed for a photo. She looks great at 85+. I will send her photo tomorrow.
No cooking tonight. The Olive Garden was a nice break.
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