The Childs

Paul Child/The Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Julia on the telephone. Aubazine, France, 1952.

The Childs met while serving in the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency, leading them to various postings around Europe. But it was Paris, where they arrived in 1948, that captured their hearts. 

“Apart from our official lives — cooking and government — the other things we do fall into fairly repetitive categories whose two main divisions are, being entertained and entertaining others,” Mr. Child wrote to his twin brother, Charlie. “Sometimes when we’re being entertained it isn’t people, but just Paris herself who acts as hostess.”

 Os fãs de Meryl Streep conhecem a história - viram o filme -, os outros podem lê-la aqui. 

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