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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Avis_DeVotoAvis DeVoto - Wikipedia

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   Avis DeVoto (May 22, 1904 – March 7, 1989) was an American culinary editor, book reviewer, and cook. She was highly influential in editing and guiding two famous cookbooks to publication: Julia Child 's Mastering the Art of French Cooking and the US edition of the British food writer Elizabeth David 's Italian Food .

   • Children: 2
   • Occupation: Editor

   • Nationality: American
   • Born: Avis MacVicar, May 22, 1904, Houghton, Michigan

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3. www.mashed.com › 822154The Untold Truth Of Avis DeVoto - Mashed

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   Feb 2, 2023 · The Untold Truth Of Avis DeVoto. Julia Child, the exuberant cooking personality, and her revolutionary book "Mastering the Art of French cooking" are rightly celebrated as some of the foremost influencers of modern America. Indeed, Child and her book introduced the wonders of French cuisine to the wider American public, igniting a passion which ...

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4. www.washingtonpost.com › food › 2022/03/31"Julia" on HBO Max: Fact versus fiction about Julia Child ...

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   Mar 31, 2022 · And in one scene, she and Avis DeVoto (Bebe Neuwirth), Julia’s best friend and a volunteer on the show’s set, go to the butcher for ingredients, where the man behind the counter looks past her...

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   Who was Avis DeVoto?

   • Avis DeVoto (May 22, 1904 – March 7, 1989) was an American culinary editor, book reviewer, and cook. She was highly influential in editing and guiding two famous cookbooks to publication: Julia Child 's Mastering the Art of French Cooking and the US edition of the British food writer Elizabeth David 's Italian Food.

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   How did Avis DeVoto get her book published?

   • Avis DeVoto, never one to give up, hand-delivered a physical manuscript to connections she had at another publisher, Alfred A. Knopf who decided to take it. The published book performed extremely well with over 100,000 copies being sold in less than five years. It finally became a bestseller in 2009, 48 years after the original publishing.

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   Who was Bernard DeVoto?

   • In 1951, Bernard DeVoto — Avis' husband — launched an impassioned tirade against the sorry state of American stainless steel knives. His attack on these edgeless, blunt instruments was published in Harper's magazine and found its way to Paris where it was read by an American named Julia Child.

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   How did Bernard DeVoto die?

   • Bernard DeVoto's untimely death came when he was just 58 years old. He collapsed from a heart attack whilst at the television studio of the Columbia Broadcasting Company, and died at Presbyterian Hospital. For Avis DeVoto the news was devastating.

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6. variety.com › 2022 › tvBebe Neuwirth, David Hyde Pierce Talk 'Frasier' and 'Julia'

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   Apr 5, 2022 · Chief among them are her loving husband Paul (David Hyde Pierce) and her sharp-tongued best friend Avis DeVoto (Bebe Neuwirth). But while the two are deeply loyal towards Julia, any interaction...

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   Apr 4, 2022 · Image via Warner Media. Avis DeVoto was a culinary editor, book reviewer, and cook who played an integral role in editing and publishing Julia Child's book, Mastering the Art of French Cooking,...

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8. www.nytimes.com › 2010/12/10 › books‘As Always, Julia,’ Julia Child Letters - Review - The New ...

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   Dec 9, 2010 · Avis DeVoto worked as her husband’s secretary but had a firm life and mind of her own. She regularly reviewed mystery novels for The Boston Globe and was an accomplished cook. Later in her life...

9. www.theatlantic.com › entertainment › archiveJulia Child's Lessons on Publishing and Perseverance

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   Aug 15, 2012 · But the letter was answered by DeVoto's wife, Avis, described by one of her husband's students at Harvard as "very good looking and very sexy-seeming and the only faculty wife who might have...