"For those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like." About Julia Child

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"For those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like." About Julia Child

SDA used that Abe Lincoln quote to link their complete collection of Julia Child's cooking series. I find them highly educational, and Julia was a pip. She covers the basics. A quote:

"Red meat and gin" was her rallying cry when the food world's puritans dared to promise long life through nervous nutrition; she scorned grilled vegetables as "burnt and undercooked at the same time". When asked to describe her guilty pleasures [...] she was sure to respond with her usual cheerful defiance, "I have no guilt".

Here was her first show: Boeuf Bourguignon:

Posted by Bird Dog in Food and Drink, Our Essays at 15:40 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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My Significant Other tells me this is her most famous dish, ever.

#1 feeblemind on 2011-09-11 16:45 (Reply)

Julia Child detested the food police. And for that, they have detested her. Meryl Streep couldn't keep her graceless trap shut even after she got the privilege of portraying Child in "the movies."

#2 D on 2011-09-11 17:18 (Reply)

I surprised you didn't mention her career as a spy: Julia Child: The OSS Years.

#3 Ralph Thayer (Link) on 2011-09-11 21:19 (Reply)

@ Ralph - yeah, its kinda hard to visualize Julia with a knife in her teeth, hunting Huns. That nasal pitch would have set off the sentries from 50m.

But, its nice to also visualize her going after Himmler or that ilk as they visited the City of Lights...

#3.1 Fred Zeppelin on 2011-09-12 10:12 (Reply)

I used to watch Julia faithfully when I was in my thirties. I still remember one of her shows where she was making a chicken recipe, and she was overcome with what we beginners were faced with when we were filming live and had to ad lib to fill out the allotted TV time. "And so," she said in that wonderful plummy voice of hers, "we'll let the breasts sit in the pan, making simple little cooking noises..."

What a picture, n'est ce pas?

Marianne

Marianne

#4 Marianne Matthews on 2011-09-11 21:38 (Reply)

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"For those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like." About Julia Child