Julia and her cookbook collaborators, Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle,
started an informal cooking school in Paris in 1952. Called L'Ecole des
Trois Gourmandes, the school was held in Julia's kitchen, where the three
women, who really thought of themselves as home cooks, taught American
students how to cook French food. Paul Child designed the logo for L'Ecole
des Trois Gourmandes, which the friends proudly wore on their cooking
school aprons. When the Childs moved to Marseilles in 1953, the school
was disbanded, but the spirit of the group lived on when, years later,
Julia pinned the insignia to her blouse before each televised cooking
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