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- Simone "Simca" Beck was a French cookbook author and cooking teacher who, along with colleagues Julia Child and Louisette Bertholle, played a significant role in the introduction of French cooking technique and recipes into American kitchens.
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Jul 23, 2021 · Simone Beck was a French cookbook author as well as a cooking teacher who was born in Tocqueville-en-Caux, near Dieppe in Normandy, France. She was also known as Simone...
Dec 26, 1991 · Simone Beck, the author of captivating and definitive books about French cooking, died at noon last Friday at her 300-year-old farmhouse near Cannes, France. She was 87.
Dec 20, 1991 · Simone "Simca" Beck was a French cookbook author and cooking teacher who, along with colleagues Julia Child and Louisette Bertholle, played a significant role in the introduction of French cooking technique and recipes into American kitchens.
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Mastering the Art of French Cooking is a two-volume French cookbook written by Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, both from France, and Julia Child, who was from the United States. The book was written for the American market and published by Knopf in 1961 (Volume 1) and 1970 (Volume 2).
- Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck, Julia Child
- 1961
Simone Beck, whose cookbooks helped bring French cuisine alive in American kitchens, died Friday. She was 87. Ms. Beck, known as “Simca,” died at her home in Chateauneuf-de-Grasse, near Nice.
Simone Beck was born in 1904 at Tocqueville en Caux, Normandy. In 1933, she began to study at the Cordon Bleu, then the world’s supreme school of cuisine. In 1948 she was approached by a friend, Louisette Bertholle (now Comtesse de Nalèche), to collaborate on a French cookbook for Americans.
Beck's professional career as a cook and teacher began after World War II, and after she had joined the Cercle des Gourmettes, an exclusive women's culinary club. As her experience and responsibilities as a member of the club increased, Beck found herself increasingly involved in the culinary world.
