Julia Child

Host

"So, in making things more lively, I took along a hot plate and a big copper bowl and a great big balloon whisk, and I beat up some egg whites, which is something people hadn’t seen very much. I also made an omelet. A lot of people saw this show and they wrote into the station and said, 'why can’t we have a cooking show?'"

About This Interview

Julia Child (1912-2004) was interviewed for three hours in Cambridge, MA. Child discussed her first television show The French Chef created in 1962 for Boston's PBS station WGBH which was on the air until 1973. In 1978, Ms. Child returned to public television with Julia and Company. She talked about being a regular on Good Morning America throughout the 1980's. In b-roll, Ms. Child also presented some of her favorite cooking utensils and appliances. The interview was conducted by Michael Rosen on June 25, 1999.

Highlights

Chapters

Shows

French Chef, The
- Julia Child on the origins of her popular cooking show, The French Chef, on PBS (05m 01s)
- Julia Child on the format of her cooking show, The French Chef and what it taught her audiences (10m 48s)

Topics

Technological Innovation
- Julia Child on seeing her dishes in color for the first time (01m 29s)

Genres

Submitted by wntoply6 on Sat, 2011-05-28 19:43.

@today441 to let your statement go unchallenged would be a slap in julia's face.
one should temper one's comments with the fact she was 90 or so when this interview was done & not in the spirit with which she lived her life.
i'd love to see your demeanor should you reach 90 if, of course, you're a ground breaking personality of the 20th or 21st century.
i suggest you watch bea arthur, jean stapleton et al, who later in life endured the same interviews. they were understandably just as snobby.

Submitted by jaykri4 on Mon, 2011-03-14 22:20.

I love that she watched Dolores Claiborne!

Submitted by today441 on Sat, 2011-02-19 23:59.

2-19-11, Well I've stayed to the end of this loooonnnng interview and must say that little by little ever so slowly she transformed into a "snob"! I've lost a lot of respect for her down to earth persona which doesn't exist as it comes out of her mouth. She seems to have no feeling for the hardworker's who don't have the time to treat her treasured recipes as she would - so in her mind they don't count. That sound's like she is real a class snob, "how dare you treat my recipe lightly."

Submitted by fluteguy18 on Tue, 2011-01-04 02:22.

'But I'm not a chef! I'm a teacher and a cook!'

Such humility. Such a wonderful person. I made dinner today out of her 'Mastering' books and it was divine.

Thank you Julia for the gift you have given us ~ good food.

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