Julia Child

Mayhem in the Kitchen

source: TheGrinder (Feedburner)

“When I was a young cook, Julia Child came in to eat at the restaurant that I was working at. She ordered roast chicken and I ended up cooking her nine roast chickens. The first was probably fine, but it wasn’t good enough to me, so I put it aside. The next three I burned, the second two were undercoo...

Published Fri, Oct 16

Opinion: Master the Art of Sustainable Cooking with Brighter Planet

source: Not Eating Out in New York

So, we’ve mastered the art of French cooking, thanks to the wild resurgence of Julia Child via Julie & Julia (sales of her classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking have put it on the bestseller list!). Some of us may have even mastered the art of local cooking, by joining CSAs, shoppin...

Published Thu, Sep 24

Why I'll Miss Keith Floyd, or Who Was that Crazy Drunken Brit?

source: BlogHer

I'll always remember Floyd's gastronomic escapades. Floyd putting out a kitchen fire with great aplomb, while spouting poetry, no less. Floyd shouting at the camera guy to focus on the bloody food, and not his face. Floyd cooking a brilliant paella. Floyd drinking one bottle of wine and cook...

Published Tue, Sep 22

Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child

source: Random House

Mastering the Art of French Cooking Volumes 1 and 2 Written by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle and Simone BeckBoxed Set | Knopf | Cooking - French | $89.95 | 978-0-307-59352-8 (0-307-59352-5)

Published Sat, Sep 19

Changing Course: Reigniting Childhood Creativity

source: BlogHer

Julia Child, as many are either learning or being reminded, figured out this trick. After a career as a spy, she took up cooking and published her first book at age 49. Grandma Moses and Laura Ingalls Wilder are other women who found creative outlets later in life.

Published Thu, Aug 13

Michael Pollan: Cooking up a Sour Batch of Sexism

source: BlogHer

His latest treatise on how the downfall of Western civilization (and all those we pollute with our culture) will be because we spend less time cooking and more time watching cooking shows ("Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch") was the cover story of the New York Times Magazine this past wee...

Published Mon, Aug 10

Opinion: Julie and Julia: The Movie from a Food Blogger's Perspective

source: BlogHer

For months the food world has been abuzz with opinions about Julie and Julia, the long-awaited movie based on the life of food legend Julia Child and writer Julie Powell, famous for cooking and blogging her way through Julia's cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. I saw the movie y...

Published Sat, Aug 8

Don't drop that food! But if you do, what do you do?

source: Seattle Times

 United States Last night, I was reading a review of Kathleen Collins' book "Watching What We Eat: The Evolution of Television Cooking Shows," when I came across this passage regarding the author's research of Julia Child's PBS series, "The French Chef. ...

Published Tue, Jun 2