The French Chef (tv program)

France was Julia Child's entree, then the world was her oyster

2006-12-10 00:00:00

Paris -- WHEN Julia Child first came to France in 1948, she couldn't cook an omelet. She was a tall, gawky Pasadena girl married to a cultural liaison officer posted at the U.S. Embassy in Paris. She had heard the French were touchy. She couldn't speak...

Julia on the Half Shell

1997-11-09 00:00:00

By DAVID SHAW, David Shaw is the author of "The Pleasure Police: How Bluenose Busybodies and Lily-Livered Alarmists Are Taking All the Fun Out of Life" (Doubleday). He is the media critic for The Times For almost 350 years, give or take a decade or two,...

Montecito

2002-08-07 00:00:00

A Day in the Life, at 90 * Keeping up with Julia Child, who has a new home, a new book deal and a balky oven Home Edition, Food, Page H-1 Features Desk 61 inches; 2181 words Type of Material: Profile; Recipe By RUSS PARSONS, TIMES STAFF WRITER...

A Party for Paul Child

1989-08-10 00:00:00

SANTA BARBARA -- For years he has been the driving force and inspiration behind one of the most famous names in the culinary world. So it was a food event of the first magnitude Sunday as Paul Child's talents as a painter and photographer won the sort...

Exhibit at Smithsonian explores history of America's obsession with food

2013-01-17 11:51:00

Whether you're stuffing your face with a KFC Double Down sandwich or watching Gordon Ramsay roast professional chefs on "Hell's Kitchen," you're sharing in one of society's biggest obsessions: food. "Food is hot," said Paula Johnson, curator for the...

Check It Out: Hungry for a good book?

2012-12-20 10:27:12

No doubt about it, cooking shows and competitions are popular. Learn more about the stars of these shows by reading a biography of a famous chef. Their success stories have some qualities in common: hard work, high standards, dedication and perseverance....

Was James Beard the Jolly Green Giant?

2012-10-09 00:00:00

Q: I really did enjoy everyone celebrating Julia Child's birthday. But, I do remember another chef that was on television before her, James Beard. I remember seeing his cooking shows and I guess there are no tapes or films that were saved, or maybe...

Celebrating Julia Child's 100th birthday

2012-06-20 00:00:00

Julia Child would have been 100 on Aug. 15, and though the beloved star of television's "The French Chef" died in 2004, she is clearly not forgotten. Alfred A. Knopf, Child's longtime publisher, is whooping it up on social media with a centenary...

Master chef Julia Child dead at 91

2004-08-13 00:00:00

NEW YORK -- Julia Child, whose warbling, encouraging voice and able hands brought the intricacies of French cuisine to American home cooks through her television series and books, died in her sleep three days before what would have been her 92nd birthday....

Julia Child on the set of "The French Chef" in 1970.

2012-08-01 23:30:11

This birdhouse is made out of Julia Child 's "The French Chef" cookbook. Pages are decoupaged on the side and the rest of the book serves as the roof. A wooden spoon supplies the perch, $125. Red Tree is at 921 W. 36th St. Call 410-366-3456 or go to redtreebaltimore.com.

2010-07-14 00:00:00