Amazon.com Review Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home is the companion volume to Julia Child and Jacques Pepin’s PBS series of the same name. The setup works like this: the two opinionated TV cooks confront different ingredients on each show, then make their way through to the finished dishes that make up a meal....
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Amazon.com A regular program on WGBH Boston from 1963 to 1972, The French Chef is perhaps best known for its down-to-earth hostess Julia Child with her dry wit and practical approach to “fancy” French cooking. Eighteen classic programs, in black and white and color, feature the ever-practical Julia Child educating viewers in everything from...
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In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child (more…)
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From Publishers Weekly This British import, a survey of influential children’s books (part of the 1001 series and edited by the Guardian’s children’s books editor), offers a comprehensive and diverse compendium of more than a century’s worth of essential reads. The compact and encyclopedia-thick format is divided into five age ranges. A review of...
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Review “‘An approachable and practical edition that will be welcomed by parents and carers alike. I know how hard it can be to find “How to” resources for parents. Well here is a gem.’ – Children, Young People and Families” Praise for the first edition:`An approachable and practical edition that will be welcomed by...
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Review “Shows enormous grace and food savvy…Reading Shapiro reminds us how Julia Child taught us not just how to cook but how to think about food.” –New York Times Book Review “Laura Shapiro’s biography of Julia Child is as bright, smart, funny, charming, and companionable as Julia herself.” -Dorie Greenspan, author of Baking with...
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From Publishers Weekly Barr (We Called It Macaroni) worked with culinary icon Julia Child for 24 years, starting in 1980 as an assistant to Child’s monthly live segment on Good Morning America and remaining until Child’s death in 2004. This delightful and sprightly backstage look at life with Child (a “Lucille Ball-with-a-rolling-pin character in...
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From Library Journal Child’s TV career began in 1963 with The French Chef on WGBH-TV in New England. The show proved very popular, and this book contains all the recipes featured in the 119 installments. The text is buttressed with photographs demonstrating cooking, cutting, and serving techniques. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. All...
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From Publishers Weekly Shapiro’s biography of Julia Child—one of America’s most beloved personalities—is a short but comprehensive book, and the newest in the Penguin Lives series. Born Julia McWilliams in Pasadena, Calif., in 1912, Child attended college and worked for the OSS in Asia during WWII, where she met her future husband. After marrying,...
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Amazon.com Three servings of practical cooking advice per one serving of nostalgia is the recipe for this 18-episode culinary collector?s item. The French Chef with Julia Child, the pioneering public television series which premiered in 1962, brought French cuisine to American kitchens without a dash of pretension. Child (1912-2004), a cooking legend and cultural...
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