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Why We Read Cookbooks

The New Yorker | Adam Gopnik | Posted 11.16.2009 | Books

Read More: Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Cooking, Baking, Reading, Julia Child, Books, Mark Bittman, Cookbooks, Recipes, The Elements of Cooking, Food, Books News

We say "What's the recipe?" when we mean "How do you do it?" And though we want the answer to be "Like this!" the honest answer is "Be me!" "What's th...

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Julia Child Editor On Cooking For One

The Washington Post | Joe Yonan | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books

Read More: Healthy Eating, Cooking for One, Food Writing, Shopping, Food, The Pleasures of Cooking for One, Julia Child, Books, Judith Jones, Grocery Shopping, Cookbooks, Books News

It was the broccoli that stopped Judith Jones in her tracks at the White House farmers market, and then again at a Whole Foods Market a half-mile away...

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Class Warfare: Ruth Reichl vs. Rachel Ray

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 10.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Pbs, Food Network, Bernie Shaw, Bobby Flay, Crossfire, Bill Zimmerman, Pat Buchanan, Dan Schorr, Mary Alice Waters, Marion Cunningham, Cnn, Ruth Reichl, Mario Batali, Gourmet, Jacques Pepin, Nelson Rockefeller, James Beard, Gourmet Magazine, Julia Child, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

Condé Nast, which sells its advertising based on the size and demographics of its subscribers, decided to go with mass instead of class, and closed Gourmet down.

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The Gastronomy of Marriage Author on the Tempestuous Relationship between Love and Food

Louise McCready | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Calvin Trillin, Julia Reed, Julia Child, Aj-Liebling, Food, Deborah Madison, Mfk-Fisher, Michelle Maisto, Love, F, Gourmet Magazine, Media News
Louise McCready

When Rich and I moved in together, I wanted everything to go smoothly, so it freaked me out when food -- what had been our biggest bond -- became our biggest problem.

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A Julia Child for the 21st Century: Meet Lorna Sass

Kerry Trueman | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Julia Child, Vegetarian, Lorna Sass, Pressure Cooker, Vegan, Meryl Streep, Nora Ephron, Julie and Julia, Green News
Kerry Trueman

Meet Lorna Sass, one of America's foremost experts on pressure cookers and whole grains. Think of her as the Ed Begley Jr. of the cookbook world -- a pioneer in the art of low-carbon cooking.

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Tsunami Julia

Betty Fussell | Posted 09.26.2009 | New York

Read More: Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child, Julie and Julia, Food Inc., Michael Pollen, New York News
Betty Fussell

Holding a mirror up to the nature of the American food scene is just too much for millions of us to stomach. We'd so much rather feed our hunger with images of Julia/Meryl's joy.

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Julia Child Finally Hits #1 On New York Times Best-Seller List After 48 Years

New York Times | STEPHANIE CLIFFORD | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Julia Child, Books, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Media News

Almost 48 years after it was first published, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" by Julia Child is finally topping the best-seller list, bringing w...

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Julie, Julia and Me

Jennifer Evans Gardner | Posted 09.20.2009 | Home

Read More: Julia Child, Julie and Julia, Julie Powell, Home News
Jennifer Evans Gardner

I have to be honest - I am jealous of Julie Powell. You know, the girl who wrote the blog and book about how she cooked her way through Julia Child's recipes, which became the basis for the film "Julie and Julia."

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Dear Julia Child, We Need You!

Rob Smart | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Chefs, Television, Farms, Cooking, Farmers, Community-Supported Agriculture, Kitchen, Julia Child, Food, Home, Farmers Market, Csa, Mark Bittman, Green News
Rob Smart

I wonder how the rising popularity of cooking networks and shows about cooking has contributed to the migration of eating away from the home.

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On Julie & Julia, the Fake Movieland France and My Non-Buttery Menu

Barbara Probst Solomon | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: M.F.K. Fisher, Food Recipes, Lamb, Julie and Julia, France, Paris, French Women, Moroccan, June Platt, Javier Domingo, Marshall Plan, Menu, Cooking, Le Cordon Bleu, Julia Child, Julie Powell, Entertainment News
Barbara Probst Solomon

This past weekend, I was dumbfounded at the movie vision of a 1948 Paris resplendent with sumptuous food portrayed in Julie & Julia. That year much of Europe was suffering from starvation.

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Julia and Judy Tie One On

EllynAnne Geisel | Posted 09.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Julia Child Apron, Julia Child, Julia Child Interview, Julia Child Autograph, Julia Child Apron Story, Julia Child Santa Barbara, Style News
EllynAnne Geisel

A kitchen chit chat with Julia Child. I willed myself not to hyperventilate.

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Julie & Julia

Denise Vivaldo | Posted 09.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Julia Child, Russ Parsons, Julie and Julia, Julie Powell, Entertainment News
Denise Vivaldo

Like thousands of women who have a career in the food industry today, Julia Child influenced me. She taught me. I adored and admired her.

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Photographing Julia Child

EllynAnne Geisel | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Julia Child, Photographing Celebrities, Interviewing Celebrities, Julia Child Memories, Julia Child Pictures, Julia Child Interview, Julia Child's Wisdom, America's Chef Icon, Living News
EllynAnne Geisel

Between nibbles of a simple luncheon, Ms. Child complimented me on my interview preparedness, noting I hadn't asked the usual media litany -- What's the funniest thing that ever happened to you?

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Memories of Julia Child

EllynAnne Geisel | Posted 09.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Julia Child, Chefs, Food, Julia Child Apron, Julie and Julia, Cooking, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Entertainment News
EllynAnne Geisel

As soon as Julia Child began talking about her husband, sadness misted her face, and no longer was I sitting across from an icon; rather, I was in the presence of a woman who'd lost the love of her life.

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Julia Child Book Sales Skyrocket On Movie Buzz, Beat Julie Powell's Book

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child, Julie and Julia, Julia Child Book Sales, Books, Julie Powell, Media News

NEW YORK — On paper and on screen, "Julia" is stealing the show from "Julie." Meryl Streep's performance as Julia Child in "Julie & Julia," whi...

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Gwenie & Julia

Gwen Davis | Posted 09.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 9/11, Julia Child, Meryl Streep, Entertainment News
Gwen Davis

Nothing was needed to put Julia Child at ease.

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What Would Julia Child Cook If She Were A Vegan Locavore?

The Daily Camera | Posted 09.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Julia Child, Food, Boulder Colorado, Julie & Julia, Local Food, Locavore, Vegan, Green News

At Culinary School of the Rockies, appreciation for Julia Child's role in modern American cooking is a given. Office staffers are trying out Child's r...

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Julie & Julia: When the World Writes You Back

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 09.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Blogs, Comments, New Orleans, Publishing, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Julia Child, ReDefine 8/29, Julie & Julia, Julie Powell, Movie, Meryl Streep, Nora Ephron, Food, Amy Adams, Eating Matters, Politics of Food, Cooking, Writing, Julie and Julia, Feminism, Food Politics, Entertainment News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

No matter what twists we see in Publishing 2.0, a love story running through Julie & Julia is that sometimes, after the solitary act of writing, the world writes you back.

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Dear Julia: A Young Adult Novelist Finds Her Inner Chef

Amy Bronwen Zemser | Posted 09.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Foie Gras, Meryl Streep, Crepe Suzette, Julia Child, Susan Spungen, French Food, Julie and Julia, Filets De Poisson Gratines a La Parisenne, Omelette, Julie Powell, Style News
Amy Bronwen Zemser

If Julie Powell couldn't roll out a crepe or prepare an omelette, where did that leave me? A lowly author of children's books looking to follow a few of Julia Child's recipes in the name of research.

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Michael Pollan, Julie & Julia, Top Chef -- and Your Health

Waylon Lewis | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Food Network, Julia Child, Alice Waters, Movie, Walk the Talk Show, Cook, elephantjournal.com, Slow Food, Top Chef, Michael Pollan, Cooking, Health, Hosea Rosenberg, Foodie, Green Talk Show, Food, Waylon Lewis, Elephant Journal, Living News
Waylon Lewis

I do like to eat, but (as an uncivilized bachelor) I don't know how to cook or much care about cooking. That is, until Michael Pollan, told about the key to saving the food situation.

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Movie Review: Julie & Julia

Marshall Fine | Posted 09.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Julia Child, Amy Adams, Julie & Julia Movie Review, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Meryl Streep, Nora Ephron, Julie Powell, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Julie & Julia is half a good movie. It attempts to meld two books instead of focusing on one of them

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Julia (and Other Famed Cooks) and Moi

Lea Lane | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Barbara Kafka, Food/Drink, Sara Moulton, Jacques Pepin, Claudia Roden, Cooking Legends, Ruth Reichl, Julia Child, James Beard, Julie and Julia, Cookbook Authors, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Living News
Lea Lane

I was privileged eventually to meet Julia Child (see below) and the following legendary cooking writers who each connected with each other, and for a bit, with me.

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Memo to Julie Powell of Julie & Julia

Sybil Adelman Sage | Posted 09.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child, Julie & Julia, Meryl Streep, Julie Powell, Entertainment News
Sybil Adelman Sage

Everyone has heard of you -- the blogger who set out in 2002 to cook every recipe in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, which was turned into a book and then a movie.

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My Julia Child

Nancy Howard Cobb | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Julia Child, Julia Child French Cooking, Julie and Julia, Bety Friedan, Master the Art of French Cooking, Living News
Nancy Howard Cobb

Julia Child was my Betty Freidan, the wisecracking, groundbreaking grande dame responsible for my culinary awakening.

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Julia Lite, Coming to a Stove Near You

Michele Kayal | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Summer Movies, Recipes, Meryl Streep, Cookbooks, Cooking, Juliette Powell, Associated Press, Julia Child, Amy Adams, Cooking Tips, Movies, Living News
Michele Kayal

The publishing industry has anticipated the latent need-to-feed that's likely to surface in even the laziest among us as we watch the upcoming Julie and Julia.

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