The 1971 edition
The box office success of Julie & Julia has spurred sales of Julia Child’s opus, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Amazon sold out of copies on Aug. 10 and has yet to restock, though there are copies available from private sellers; The Associated Press reports that Knopf has rushed 75,000 copies into print.
The book of the same name by blogger Julie Powell that inspired the movie has seen sales volume pick up as well. ABC News reported that it sold 42,000 copies the week of the movie’s debut. Here’s our take on Julie & Julia. If you’re waiting for a review on all 750+ pages of Mastering, you’ll have to give us a minute on that one! Or just check out our interview with Child’s grand-nephew, Alex Prud’homme, who collaborated with her on a memoir about her life with her beloved Paul and her years in France.
If Amazon ran out of copies, then they must have gotten some in this week because I ordered it last week, was told I wouldn’t get it until the second week in September and I got it in the mail yesterday.