Debut author Barr used the journals of his great-aunt M.F.K. Fisher to piece together the story of a legendary period of time in which Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, Richard Olney, Judith Jones, and Simone Beck were all in France. The culinary minds discussed food, cooked some, and influenced how we think about cooking today. "It's fascinating, all these foodies in one place," says Nelson.
