How a New England Yankee Conquered China

It may seem unlikely that studying Chinese cooking would lead someone to cross paths with Julia Child, but even though Nina Simonds put the Peking duck in front of the poulet she still managed to build quite a network of friends across the globe.

Sarah Whitman-Salkin

Published Jul. 14 2009 6:28PM EDT 

Sarah Whitman-Salkin

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