JULIA CHILD was born in Pasadena, California. She graduated from Smith College and worked for the OSS during World War II; afterward she lived in Paris, studied at the Cordon Bleu, and taught cooking with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, with whom she wrote the first volume of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. In 1963, Boston's WGBH launched The French Chef television series. Several public television shows and numerous cookbooks followed. She died in 2004.
“Julia Child paved the way for Chez Panisse and so many others by
demystifying French food and by reconnecting pleasure and delight
with cooking and eating at the table. She brought forth a culture
of American ingredients and gave us all the confidence to cook with
them in the pursuit of flavor.” —Alice Waters, Chez Panisse
“Julia is . . . the grande dame of cooking, who has touched all of
our lives with her immense respect and appreciation of cuisine.”
—Emeril Lagasse, Emeril’s Restaurant
“Julia has slowly but surely altered our way of thinking about
food. She has taken the fear out of the term ‘haute cuisine.’ She
has increased gastronomic awareness a thousandfold by stressing the
importance of good foundation and technique, and she has elevated
our consciousness to the refined pleasures of dining. Through the
years her shows have kept me in rapt attention, and her humor has
kept me in stitches. She is a national treasure, a culinary
trendsetter, and a born educator beloved by all.” —Thomas Keller,
The French Laundry
“Julia freed the American public from their fears of cooking
French. By doing so, she greatly expanded the audience for all
serious food writers. Her demystification prepared that public for
the rest of us. I believe that the television shows based on that
landmark book did even more to encourage reluctant cooks to try
their hands . . . much to our benefit.” —Mimi Sheraton
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