Julia Child

How Julia Child Revolutionized The Way Women Saw Cooking

AP | By MICHELE KAYAL | Posted 05.08.2012

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-- Massaging poultry, dropping food and utensils, and warbling her way through boeuf bourguignon and coq au vin, Julia Child left an indelible mark o...

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Before They Were Famous: Celebrities Who Were Once Federal Workers

Joseph A. Beaudoin | Posted 05.04.2012

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Joseph A. Beaudoin

Even though you don't hear about their work every day, that's not to say you've never heard of some of America's federal employees! Who are these famous former feds?

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Considering Those Lobsters, and Getting Hungry Like Hemingway

Anna King | Posted 05.29.2012

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Anna King

Gabrielle Hamilton's simple descriptions of enjoying salty cheese and a warm salted potato in Amsterdam have the same effect as Hemingway's descriptions of Parisian beer and potato salad: They make you hungry.

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A Valentine's Tribute To The Chefs We Love

Kitchen Daily | Posted 02.13.2012

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Chefs We Love is a Valentine's Day tribute to those who have done great work in the culinary world -- to those who inspire us to not only eat well, bu...

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Naughty But Nice Rob

Sandra Lee: Food Network Didn't Want Cocktails, Hopes Career Is As Long As Julia Child's

HuffingtonPost.com | Naughty But Nice Rob | Posted 02.14.2012

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Sandra Lee has made a name for herself with her signature cocktail and tablescapes, but originally the Food Network said no when she told them that al...

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Why We Love Julia Child, The Champion Of French Cooking

Kitchen Daily | Joseph Erdos | Posted 02.07.2012

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Chefs We Love is a Valentine's Day tribute to those who have done great work in the culinary world -- to those who inspire us to not only eat well, bu...

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The Evolution Of Food On TV

Menuism | Posted 03.18.2012

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Food on TV has created a slew of celeb chefs, and spanned (and spawned) multiple subgenres of television entertainment, from fast food to foraged food, global food, cooking competitions, food politics, food science and more.

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Stars Who Served In World War II

Posted 12.08.2011

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When the bombs rained down on Pearl Harbor, Americans immediately went to work. In addition to a homefront that saw citizens plant victory gardens, bu...

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What Real Life Goddesses Have in Common

Dr. Ali Binazir | Posted 01.30.2012

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Dr. Ali Binazir

When I tell women that they're goddesses, it doesn't mean you're suddenly beholden to some unattainable standard of holiness and virtue. It means that you already have power. Lots of it.

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Dream Of Being Julia Child? Learn These French Recipes

Kitchen Daily | Posted 11.15.2011

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When you think of "French cooking," certain words come to mind, like rich, fancy and difficult. But French food can actually be the opposite of all th...

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Do You Know What Foods Your Favorite Chef Hates?

Kitchen Daily | Posted 12.24.2011

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Chefs usually aren't picky eaters, which makes sense if you think about it: a cook who dislikes eating most foods is like a mechanic who doesn't like ...

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Why You Love (Or Loathe!) Cilantro

Kitchen Daily | Posted 12.27.2011

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It might look like a humble, unassuming herb, but cilantro is responsible for a deep rift in the culinary community -- its vibrant green leaves, used ...

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Best Foodie Halloween Costumes

Small Kitchen College | Posted 12.26.2011

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Small Kitchen College

2011-10-26-Screenshot20111026at11.13.31AM.jpg Check out these tips and tricks for creating the best food-themed Halloween costume yet!

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Food Court: Winners And Losers Of The Week

Food52 | Posted 12.10.2011

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Food52

In which Shelly Peppel and Fran Brennan, the editors of Food52 News, pass judgement on the week's top food news.   • Winner: The man...

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The Best-Selling Cookbooks of All Time

The Daily Meal | Posted 11.30.2011

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The Daily Meal

Did you know that Vincent Price wrote a cookbook, or that there's a Beanie Baby's cookbook? Probably not. That's because for every blockbuster best-se...

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Four Food Books Make It On Top 100-Ever List

Posted 10.31.2011

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Time Magazine released its list of the 100 best non-fiction books published since 1923 yesterday. Many of their choices are pretty safe -- it's not ex...

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Happy Birthday, Julia Child!

Posted 10.15.2011

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Today, Julia Child would have been 99 years old. (She died on August 13, 2004, just two days before her 92nd birthday.) To celebrate her birthday and ...

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Jacques Pepin's Illustrious Culinary Career

AP | By MICHELE KAYAL | Posted 10.03.2011

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MADISON, Conn. -- Back in the woods, behind the kitchen, French and American flags fly over Jacques Pepin's petanque court. He launches his heavy, met...

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Do Books Influence Where You Go On Vacation?

Posted 09.27.2011

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Like movies and TV, books have a way of reaching into our subconcious and taking hold, influencing our decisions on everything from what to wear, what...

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Has TV Made Cooking Macho?

Tom Matlack | Posted 08.01.2011

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Tom Matlack

Dwight Garner's review got me thinking. About cooking and manhood, and how the culture of cooking and gender has changed in the last 15 years.

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Goat à la Julia Child

Lee Feigon | Posted 07.18.2011

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Lee Feigon

As the founder of a Goat Farm, I had plenty of sweet succulent goat meat in my freezer. Why, it occurred to me, couldn't I substitute goat meat for beef in Julia's famous Boeuf Bourguignonne dish?

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Julia Child's Recipe For Best Friends

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Irene S. Levine

Julia and Avis met in person for the first time in Paris, two years and 120 letters after they first became acquainted. Over that time period, their relationship had gone from one of being total strangers to intimate soulmates.

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Bon Appetit: 10 Delicious Chef Memoirs

flavorwire.com | Posted 06.08.2011

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Make no bones about it — life in a restaurant is difficult work. The hours are long, the pay isn’t much, and the work is ultimately thankless. Or ...

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On Rocky IV, Modernist Cuisine, and Keeping the (Kitchen) Romance Alive

Elizabeth Gunnison | Posted 06.05.2011

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Elizabeth Gunnison

Maybe cooking, like athletics, can be divided into two camps: the rationalists and the romantics. Ivan Drago is Nathan Mhyrold; Rocky is Julia Child.

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Spotted Reading In Public: What Have We Seen You Reading Recently? (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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From a book about Charles Manson's murder trial to Steve Martin's autobiography, we saw you reading quite the wide array of books in the past few week...

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