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Weekend Book Giveaway: Judith Jones's 'The Tenth Muse'

Posted by Ed Levine, October 27, 2007 at 7:08 AM

Here's a partial list of the writers our Weekend Book Giveaway author Judith Jones has edited:

• Julia Child
• Edna Lewis
• John Updike
• Marcella Hazan
• James Beard
• Joan Nathan
• Marion Cunningham
• Claudia Roden
• Anne Tyler

So it is an obvious cause for celebration when someone as distinguished as Jones writes her culinary memoir, The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food. She's 83 years old and doesn't appear to be slowing down, according to a recent profile in the New York Times:

Ms. Jones says she makes dinner for herself almost every night (with candles and wine, yet), sharpens her own knives, tests recipes from current authors like Lidia Bastianich (adapting them, even casseroles, to serve one), and lobs frequent complaints to her local purveyors.

Formidable and feisty, don't you think?

We have five copies to give away. Just tell us who's your favorite Judith Jones author from the list above. You must comment by noon ET on Monday, October 29, to be eligible to win. The usual Serious Eats contest rules apply.

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