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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 .
2 feb 2023 · 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.
9 dic 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...
5 apr 2022 · Chief among them are her loving husband Paul ( David Hyde Pierce) and her sharp-tongued best friend Avis DeVoto ( Bebe Neuwirth ).
15 apr 2022 · Avis DeVoto (Bebe Neuwirth): Avis and her husband, Bernard DeVoto, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard historian whose work focused on the American West, were part of a vibrant intellectual...
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4 mar 2011 · For most readers, Avis DeVoto is unknown. She was the wife and secretary of the prize-winning author Bernard DeVoto; mother of two sons; a talented editor; and a devoted friend to an astonishing array of distinguished scholars and intellectuals.
15 ago 2012 · AP Images. On March 8, 1952, Julia Child, who would have celebrated her 100th birthday today, sat down at her kitchen table in Paris and penned a fan letter to American historian and author Bernard...
