‘Julie & Julia’ foodie tour of France

Have you seen the movie “Julie & Julia,” directed by Nora Ephron? Read the book?

Much of the film takes off from “My Life in France,” describing Julia Child’s post-World War II encounters with French cooking and eating. The renowned chef was working on the memoir when she died in 2004, leaving it to be finished by Alex Prud’homme.

Now true believers in the “French Chef” can follow her tracks through the land of tripe and escargot on a tour devised by New York-based Tour de Forks, which specializes in culinary excursions around the world, from New Orleans to Australia.

The seven-night Julia Child commemorative trip includes cooking instruction at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, where Child studied, and the possibility of taking a cooking class at La Pitchoune, her country home in Provence. [Corrected at 9:10 a.m. PDT Oct. 6: An earlier version of this post said that the tour would include a stay at La Pitchoune.] Prices start at $2,150, per person, based on double occupancy.

Bon appétit!

— Susan Spano, Los Angeles Times staff writer

Photo: Julia Child’s former kitchen at La Pitchoune. Credit: Alice Barker

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