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Julia Child Dead at 91
Fri Aug 13,12:00 PM ET
By Joal Ryan
Before there was the Food Network, there was simply Julia Child.
The author and chef, whose influential PBS shows revolutionized TV cooking, and translated French cuisine for American audiences, died in her sleep early Friday surrounded by family, friends and her kitten at an [arse]isted-living facility in Montecito, California, a niece, Philadelphia Cousins, told the [arse]ociated Press.
Child, who had been battling kidney failure, would have marked her 92nd birthday on Sunday.
Child retired in 2001, hanging up her trademark apron after nearly 40 years of cajoling TV viewers to whisk the eggs, pour the wine and show no fear of butter.
That same year, she donated her Cambridge, M[arse]achusetts, kitchen--the 14-foot-by-20-foot center of operations through five decades' worth of PBS series--to the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
"I wish I could come in and turn everything on," a 90-year-old Child told National Public Radio upon the kitchen exhibit's museum opening in 2002.
It was Child who turned Americans onto French in 1961 with the publication her first book, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. The tome, still in print after more than 40 years, was coauthored by Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle.
"Anyone can cook in the French manner anywhere, with the right instruction," the trio encouraged in an era when the French fry was about as exotic as the dinner table got in U.S. suburbia.
Child, Beck and Bertholle had been developing their techniques for teaching French cooking since partnering to open the L'Ecole des Trois Gourmandes cooking school in Paris in 1951.
While Beck and Bertholle went on to author other books, it was Child who went on to become a star.
While promoting Mastering the Art of French Cooking on a talk show on Boston's PBS station, Child whipped up an omelet, a pretty good one apparently. Shortly thereafter, she was offered her own show.
The French Chef, emanating from Child's Cambridge kitchen, debuted on PBS in 1962. Through 200 episodes, Child created the character of the personable TV chef. She wasn't a know-it-all; she was human. She didn't say goodbye; she cried, "Bon appetit!"
By the 1970s, she was a pop-culture icon worthy of bookings on Johnny Carson and parody on Saturday Night Live, in the form of an artery-severing skit starring Dan Aykroyd as the 6-foot-2 Child.
Child starred in several other cooking series, including: Julia Child & Company; Julia Child & More Company; Cooking with Master Chefs; and 2000's Julia & Jacques: Cooking at Home, with authentically French chef Jacques Ppin.
Born Julia McWilliams on Aug. 15, 1912, in Pasadena, California, the future star and Smith College graduate acquired the last name of Child upon her 1946 marriage to Paul Child, a career government official. The two met while working together in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the intelligence agency that preceded the CIA.
It was Paul Child's far-flung career that led Julia Child to Paris, where she enrolled at the most famed of French cooking schools, Cordon Bleu.
Upon Paul Child's retirement in 1961, the couple settled into their M[arse]achusetts home--and her kitchen.
Paul Child, with whom Julia Child credited with doing just about everything, including washing dishes while she taped her TV shows, died in 1994.
In her 40 years as TV's leading chef, Julia Child watched a lot of food trends come and go. She preferred to stay above the fat-watching, calorie-counting fray.
"If you use your head you can eat beautifully and deliciously following the guidelines of moderation," Child once told the Restaurant Report. "A small helping, which is probably necessary, and a little bit of everything and it's important to have a good time eating."
Julia Child Dead at 91
Fri Aug 13,12:00 PM ET
By Joal Ryan
Before there was the Food Network, there was simply Julia Child.
The author and chef, whose influential PBS shows revolutionized TV cooking, and translated French cuisine for American audiences, died in her sleep early Friday surrounded by family, friends and her kitten at an [arse]isted-living facility in Montecito, California, a niece, Philadelphia Cousins, told the [arse]ociated Press.
Child, who had been battling kidney failure, would have marked her 92nd birthday on Sunday.
Child retired in 2001, hanging up her trademark apron after nearly 40 years of cajoling TV viewers to whisk the eggs, pour the wine and show no fear of butter.
That same year, she donated her Cambridge, M[arse]achusetts, kitchen--the 14-foot-by-20-foot center of operations through five decades' worth of PBS series--to the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
"I wish I could come in and turn everything on," a 90-year-old Child told National Public Radio upon the kitchen exhibit's museum opening in 2002.
It was Child who turned Americans onto French in 1961 with the publication her first book, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. The tome, still in print after more than 40 years, was coauthored by Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle.
"Anyone can cook in the French manner anywhere, with the right instruction," the trio encouraged in an era when the French fry was about as exotic as the dinner table got in U.S. suburbia.
Child, Beck and Bertholle had been developing their techniques for teaching French cooking since partnering to open the L'Ecole des Trois Gourmandes cooking school in Paris in 1951.
While Beck and Bertholle went on to author other books, it was Child who went on to become a star.
While promoting Mastering the Art of French Cooking on a talk show on Boston's PBS station, Child whipped up an omelet, a pretty good one apparently. Shortly thereafter, she was offered her own show.
The French Chef, emanating from Child's Cambridge kitchen, debuted on PBS in 1962. Through 200 episodes, Child created the character of the personable TV chef. She wasn't a know-it-all; she was human. She didn't say goodbye; she cried, "Bon appetit!"
By the 1970s, she was a pop-culture icon worthy of bookings on Johnny Carson and parody on Saturday Night Live, in the form of an artery-severing skit starring Dan Aykroyd as the 6-foot-2 Child.
Child starred in several other cooking series, including: Julia Child & Company; Julia Child & More Company; Cooking with Master Chefs; and 2000's Julia & Jacques: Cooking at Home, with authentically French chef Jacques Ppin.
Born Julia McWilliams on Aug. 15, 1912, in Pasadena, California, the future star and Smith College graduate acquired the last name of Child upon her 1946 marriage to Paul Child, a career government official. The two met while working together in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the intelligence agency that preceded the CIA.
It was Paul Child's far-flung career that led Julia Child to Paris, where she enrolled at the most famed of French cooking schools, Cordon Bleu.
Upon Paul Child's retirement in 1961, the couple settled into their M[arse]achusetts home--and her kitchen.
Paul Child, with whom Julia Child credited with doing just about everything, including washing dishes while she taped her TV shows, died in 1994.
In her 40 years as TV's leading chef, Julia Child watched a lot of food trends come and go. She preferred to stay above the fat-watching, calorie-counting fray.
"If you use your head you can eat beautifully and deliciously following the guidelines of moderation," Child once told the Restaurant Report. "A small helping, which is probably necessary, and a little bit of everything and it's important to have a good time eating."