I loved, admired, and applauded her for the same reasons that everyone else there did. But, in my case, there was one other reason as well: Julia Child was my godmother. She had excelled as spectacularly in that role as she had in her others.

What do the French make with ground beef? For a cuisine that does really amazing things with leftover bits and pieces, ground meat of almost any kind rarely makes a solo appearance.

The time passed quickly with Stephanie telling me new Julia stories and me reminding her of my favorite moments with Julia. Julia loved having fun and if you were a friend you might have known she played the famous SNL/Dan Aykroyd piece at her own dinner parties.

To honor what would have been Julia Child's 100th birthday on August 15, 2012, Google has created a cartoon image of Julia for its Google Doodle. The...

As you may have heard, August 15, 2012 would have been beloved chef and television personality Julia Child's 100th birthday. To celebrate, PBS Digital...

-- "Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child" (Knopf), by Bob Spitz Before Bobby Flay and Emeril Lagasse, before Gordon Ramsay and Rachael Ray, be...

August 15, 2012 would have been Julia Child's 100th birthday. To celebrate, PBS is giving us all the Julia we can get, starting August 5th. PBS wa...