Julia Carolyn Child (née McWilliams; August 15, 1912 – August 13, 2004) was an American cooking teacher, author, and television personality.
She is recognized for bringing French cuisine to the American public with her debut cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and her subsequent television programs, the most notable of which was The French Chef, which premiered in 1963. == Early life == On August 15, 1912, Child was born as Julia Carolyn McWilliams in Pasadena, California.
In 1944, she was posted to Kandy, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), where her responsibilities included "registering, cataloging and channeling a great volume of highly classified communications" for the OSS's clandestine stations in Asia.
Unlike other files, her complete file is available online. While in Kandy, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) she met Paul Cushing Child, also an OSS employee, and the two were married on September 1, 1946, in Lumberville, Pennsylvania, later moving to Washington, D.C.
He joined the United States Foreign Service, and, in 1948, the couple moved to Paris after the State Department assigned Paul there as an exhibits officer with the United States Information Agency.
The couple had no children. ===Postwar France=== Child repeatedly recalled her first meal at La Couronne in Rouen as a culinary revelation; once, she described the meal of oysters, sole meunière, and fine wine to The New York Times as "an opening up of the soul and spirit for me." In 1951, she graduated from the famous Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris and later studied privately with Max Bugnard and other master chefs.
In 1951, Child, Beck, and Bertholle began to teach cooking to American women in Child's Paris kitchen, calling their informal school L'école des trois gourmandes (The School of the Three Food Lovers).
Knopf, the 726-page Mastering the Art of French Cooking was a best-seller and received critical acclaim that derived in part from the American interest in French culture in the early 1960s.
Because of the technology in the 1960s, the show was unedited, causing her blunders to appear in the final version and ultimately lend "authenticity and approachability to television." According to Toby Miller in "Screening Food: French Cuisine and the Television Palate," one mother he spoke to said that sometimes "all that stood between me and insanity was hearty Julia Child" because of Child's ability to soothe and transport her.
In addition, Miller notes that Child's show began before the feminist movement of the 1960s, which meant that the issues housewives and women faced were somewhat ignored on television. ===Later career=== In the 1970s and 1980s, she was the star of numerous television programs, including Julia Child & Company, Julia Child & More Company and Dinner at Julia's.
Finally, when it was first published in 1961 by Alfred A.
The book recounts Child's life with her husband, Paul Cushing Child, in postwar France. ===The French Chef and related books=== A 1962 appearance on a book review show on what was then the National Educational Television (NET) station of Boston, WGBH-TV (now a major Public Broadcasting Service station), led to the inception of her first television cooking show after viewers enjoyed her demonstration of how to cook an omelette.
She is recognized for bringing French cuisine to the American public with her debut cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and her subsequent television programs, the most notable of which was The French Chef, which premiered in 1963. == Early life == On August 15, 1912, Child was born as Julia Carolyn McWilliams in Pasadena, California.
Child translated the French into English, making the recipes detailed, interesting, and practical. In 1963, the Childs built a home near the Provence town of Plascassier in the hills above Cannes on property belonging to co-author Simone Beck and her husband, Jean Fischbacher.
The French Chef had its debut on February 11, 1963, on WGBH and was immediately successful.
In addition, Miller notes that Child's show began before the feminist movement of the 1960s, which meant that the issues housewives and women faced were somewhat ignored on television. ===Later career=== In the 1970s and 1980s, she was the star of numerous television programs, including Julia Child & Company, Julia Child & More Company and Dinner at Julia's.
It was soon followed in 1971 by Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume Two, again in collaboration with Simone Beck, but not with Louisette Bertholle, with whom the professional relationship had ended.
In 1972, The French Chef became the first television program to be captioned for the deaf, even though this was done using the preliminary technology of open-captioning. Child's second book, The French Chef Cookbook, was a collection of the recipes she had demonstrated on the show.
For the 1979 book Julia Child and More Company, she won a National Book Award in category Current Interest.There was a "Contemporary" or "Current" award category from 1972 to 1980.
The film won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical or Comedy. A film titled Primordial Soup With Julia Child was on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Life in the Universe gallery from 1976 until the gallery closed. Keep On Cooking – Julia Child Remixed: A video produced for PBS by musician and filmmaker John D.
For the 1979 book Julia Child and More Company, she won a National Book Award in category Current Interest.There was a "Contemporary" or "Current" award category from 1972 to 1980.
This Old House was launched in 1979 by Russell Morash, who helped create The French Chef with Julia Child. In 1982, she was portrayed by John Candy in a sketch for Second City Television, "Battle of the PBS Stars," in which she took part in a boxing match against fellow PBS star Mr.
In addition, Miller notes that Child's show began before the feminist movement of the 1960s, which meant that the issues housewives and women faced were somewhat ignored on television. ===Later career=== In the 1970s and 1980s, she was the star of numerous television programs, including Julia Child & Company, Julia Child & More Company and Dinner at Julia's.
For the 1979 book Julia Child and More Company, she won a National Book Award in category Current Interest.There was a "Contemporary" or "Current" award category from 1972 to 1980.
In 1981, she founded the American Institute of Wine & Food, with vintners Robert Mondavi and Richard Graff, and others, to "advance the understanding, appreciation and quality of wine and food," a pursuit she had already begun with her books and television appearances.
This Old House was launched in 1979 by Russell Morash, who helped create The French Chef with Julia Child. In 1982, she was portrayed by John Candy in a sketch for Second City Television, "Battle of the PBS Stars," in which she took part in a boxing match against fellow PBS star Mr.
In 1989, she published what she considered her magnum opus, a book and instructional video series collectively entitled The Way To Cook. In the mid 90s, as part of her work with the American Institute of Wine and Food, Julia Child became increasingly concerned about children's food education.
46 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. ===On stage=== Jean Stapleton portrayed Child in a 1989 one-woman short musical play, Bon Appétit!, based on one of Child's televised cooking lessons, with music by American opera composer Lee Hoiby.
This resulted in the initiative known as Days of Taste. Child starred in four more series in the 1990s that featured guest chefs: Cooking with Master Chefs, In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs, Baking with Julia, and Julia Child & Jacques Pépin Cooking at Home.
In a 1990 interview, Child said, "Everybody is overreacting.
In 1993, Child voiced Dr.
Child ended her last book, My Life in France, with "...thinking back on it now reminds that the pleasures of the table, and of life, are infinite – toujours bon appétit!" Her ashes were placed on the Neptune Memorial Reef near Key Biscayne, Florida. ==Legacy== ===The Julia Child Foundation=== In 1995, Julia Child established The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, a private charitable foundation to make grants to further her life's work.
My audience is people who like to cook, who want to really learn how to do it." In 1996, Julia Child was ranked No.
Her iconic copper pots and pans were on display at Copia in Napa, California, until August 2009 when they were reunited with her kitchen at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. In 2000, Child received the French Legion of Honor (Légion d'honneur) and was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000.
Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2003; she received [doctorate]s from Harvard University, Johnson & Wales University (1995), Smith College (her alma mater), Brown University (2000), and several other universities.
Julia Carolyn Child (née McWilliams; August 15, 1912 – August 13, 2004) was an American cooking teacher, author, and television personality.
In 2007, Child was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. On August 13, 2004, Child died of kidney failure in Montecito, California, at the age of 91.
Inactive until after Julia's death in 2004, the Foundation makes grants to other non-profits.
Her last book was the autobiographical My Life in France, published posthumously in 2006 and written with her grandnephew, Alex Prud'homme.
In 2007, Child was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. On August 13, 2004, Child died of kidney failure in Montecito, California, at the age of 91.
Molly O'Neill (Library of America, 2007) ==Books about Child== ==Films about Child== Produced by WGBH, a one-hour feature documentary, Julia Child! America's Favorite Chef, was aired as the first episode of the 18th season of the PBS series American Masters (2004).
As with other OSS records, her file was declassified in 2008.
Her iconic copper pots and pans were on display at Copia in Napa, California, until August 2009 when they were reunited with her kitchen at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. In 2000, Child received the French Legion of Honor (Légion d'honneur) and was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000.
The blog and book, along with Child's own memoir My Life in France, in turn inspired the 2009 feature film Julie & Julia in which Meryl Streep portrayed Child.
Julia Bleeb in the animated film, We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story. Spitz took notes and made many recordings of his conversation with Child, and these later formed the basis of a secondary biography on Child, published August 7, 2012 (Knopf), five days before the centennial of her birthdate.
They include Bon Appétit! Julia Child's Kitchen. On September 26, 2014, the US Postal Service issued 20 million copies of the "Celebrity Chefs Forever" stamp series, which featured portraits by Jason Seiler of five American chefs: Julia Child, Joyce Chen, James Beard, Edna Lewis, and Felipe Rojas-Lombardi. ==Awards and nominations== Awards 1965: Peabody Award for Personal Award for The French Chef 1966: Emmy for Achievements in Educational Television- Individuals for The French Chef 1980: U.S.
What came through on the blog was somebody who was doing it almost for the sake of a stunt." The YouTube series Epic Rap Battles of History featured Child (portrayed by Mamrie Hart) in a rap battle against Scottish celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay (portrayed by Lloyd "EpicLLOYD" Alquist) in the 2nd episode of its 5th season. On March 15, 2016, Twitch started to stream Julia Child's show The French Chef.
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