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Julia Carolyn Child (née McWilliams; [2] August 15, 1912 – August 13, 2004) was an American chef, author, and television personality. She is recognized for having brought French cuisine to the American public with her debut cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and her subsequent television programs, the most notable of which was The French Chef, which premiered in 1963.
The French Chef is an American television cooking show created and hosted by Julia Child, [1] produced and broadcast by WGBH, the public television station in Boston, Massachusetts, from February 11, 1963 [2] to January 14, 1973.
La Pitchoune is a small stucco house that Julia Child and her husband, Paul, built in the Provençal village of Plascassier in France in the early 1960s. La Pitchoune is a Provençal expression for "the little one", deriving from the Occitan word pichon.
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Known for her infectious personality and pioneering spirit, Julia Child captured the public's adoration with her wonderful recipes and her joie de vivre. Her quick wit has led to some ...
According to PBS, Child used a whopping 753 pounds of butter during the time she filmed "Baking with Julia." That program aired for just four seasons, from 1996 through 1999, so that’s a pretty ...
The 2009 film, Julie & Julia, based on Child's memoir My Life in France and Julie Powell's memoir Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously. The success of this film, combined with a tied-in reissue of the 40th Anniversary edition, caused it to once again become a bestseller in the United States, 48 years after its initial release. [26]
Julia reminisces about the Childs' search for an apartment in Paris, [4] Paul's job with the USIA, [5] and their exploration of Paris' restaurants. [6] Julia's sister Dorothy's visits. [7] Julia excitedly describes the sole meunière lunch she savored in Rouen the day of their arrival, and which sparked her obsession with French cuisine, her ...