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Nov 5, 2013 · Millions know Simone “Simca” Beck as Julia Child’s French partner in creating the two unforgettable volumes of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Simca’s Cuisine offers the delectable recipes that Beck personally treasured most. She presents family specialties from the well-thumbed notebooks of her mother and grandmother as well as ...
May 4, 2015 · Child and Beck remained extremely close until Beck’s death in 1991. It is said that many of the recipes in Mastering were Simone Beck’s recipes, researched, greatly enhanced, and carefully explicated for American cooks by Julia Child. In light of this, it’s particularly interesting to see Beck’s own early handwritten recipe collections ...
This coconut cake was adapted from a recipe by Simone (Simca) Beck, best known as Julia Child’s co-author on “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.” She called it “Gâteau d’Hélène: a white cake filled and iced with coconut cream and apricot.” The recipe, published in Ms Beck’s 1972 book, “Simca’s Cuisine” (Lyons Press, 1998), capped what she called a “carefree lunch ...
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Simone "Simca" Beck (7 July 1904 – 20 December 1991) was a French cookbook writer 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. [1]
- Author and cooking teacher
- 7 July 1904, Normandy, France
- Simca
- 20 December 1991 (aged 87), Châteauneuf-de-Grasse, France
Jun 2, 2021 · Simone (Simca) Beck is best known as a co-author on both volumes of Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” but she wrote cookbooks of her own, each charmingly illustrated.
Food & Friends: Recipes and Memories from Simca’s Cuisine by Simone Beck with Suzanne Patterson, with an introduction by Julia Child. Penguin Books, 1991 (& 2010), paperback, black and white, 528 pages, $18.
