Julia’s Kitchen Wisdom by Julia Child

by Julia Child

Good Books. Good Neighbors. Great Conversations.

This November and December, the Cory Neighborhood Book Club is heading into the kitchen with Julia Child!

In Julia’s Kitchen Wisdom, the legendary chef shares a lifetime of practical cooking advice, essential techniques, helpful tips and favorite recipes. Whether you’re an experienced home cook, a kitchen beginner or someone who simply enjoys reading about food, there’s something here to discover.

And unlike a novel, this is a book you can explore at your own pace. Browse a chapter, discover a new technique, try a recipe—or just enjoy a little of Julia’s wisdom.

Read it. Browse it. Try something. Learn something.

Make the Book Club Your Own

Invite a neighbor to try a recipe together. Gather a few friends for coffee, dessert or a home-cooked meal. Compare kitchen adventures — or simply enjoy the book on your own.

As always, there’s no scheduled Book Club meeting and no group you have to join. You decide how to enjoy the experience.

And tucked inside each book, you’ll find a few extras created especially for this selection:

• The Cory Reader — a mini companion with things to notice, conversation starters and a little culinary challenge.
• Cook With Julia — a kitchen scorecard to rate how easy Julia was to follow and how your creation tasted.
• Julia, Converted — a handy kitchen reference with measurement conversions, ingredient weights and oven temperatures.

Show Us What You Made!

Did Julia inspire you to try something in the kitchen? We’d love to hear about it!

Snap a photo of your culinary creation and email it to Cory.Librarian@gmail.com. Include your name, the recipe title, your two (2) Cook With Julia ratings, and a few words about your experience. Was it delicious? Challenging? Would you make it again?

We’ll share your photos and kitchen adventures on the Cory Neighborhood Association website. By submitting your photo and comments, you’re giving us permission to publish them.

Triumphs and kitchen adventures are equally welcome!

Where to Pick Up Your Book

Look for the basket by the Little Red Library under the Giant Redwood at Walnut Grove Ave & Broadleaf Lane.

Copies of Julia’s Kitchen Wisdom will be available beginning Thursday, November 5, 2026, while supplies last.

Feel free to take a copy for yourself and one for a friend or neighbor you’d like to share the experience with.

When you’re finished, pass your copy along to another Cory neighbor and keep the reading—and the conversations — going.

Take a book. Invite a neighbor. Stir up a conversation!

Happy reading!

– Your Cory Neighborhood Librarian

Good Books. Good Neighbors. Great Conversations.

Love to read? Here’s a new way to connect with neighbors over a good book—without another meeting to put on your calendar.

Every other month, the Cory Neighborhood Book Club will offer 20+ copies of a featured book for neighbors to read and share.

Pick up a copy—and feel free to pick up one for a friend or neighbor you’d like to read with. Then make the Book Club your own. Invite a few neighbors over. Meet for coffee, dessert or a glass of wine. Gather around someone’s kitchen table or sit outside on the patio. Your group can change with every book—or you can simply enjoy the book on your own.

There is no scheduled Book Club meeting and no group you have to join. You decide when, where and with whom you’d like to get together.

And tucked inside each book you’ll find a little something extra:

📖 The Cory Reader — a mini companion with background, things to notice and questions to get the conversation going.

🔎 Bring Your Own Book — a bookmark and book game created especially for each selection. Bring any book and see where the game takes you.

Our First Neighborhood Read

Holmes, Marple & Poe
by James Patterson & Brian Sitts

Three private investigators. Three very familiar names. And plenty of mysteries to unravel.

Where to Pick Up Your Book

Look for the Little Red Library under the Giant Redwood at Walnut Grove Ave & Broadleaf Lane.

Copies of Holmes, Marple & Poe will be available there beginning August 28, while supplies last.

Feel free to take a copy for yourself and maybe one for a friend or neighbor you’d like to read with.

When you’re finished, pass your copy along to another Cory neighbor and keep the reading—and the conversations—going.

Take a book. Invite a neighbor. Start a conversation.

– Your Cory Neighborhood Librarian