Julia Child (1912–2004)
Auteur van My Life in France
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Julia Child was born in Pasadena, California on August 15, 1912. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Smith College in 1934 and served with the Office of Strategic Services in East Asia during World War II. After the war, Child lived in Paris for six years, attending the famous toon meer Cordon Bleu cooking school. After graduating from cooking school, Child opened her own culinary institute called, L'Ecole des Trois Gourmandes with her friends Simone Bech and Louisette Bertholle. She achieved critical acclaim with her first cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking which was first published in 1961 and is still in print today and helped to popularized French cuisine in America. Starting in 1963, Child hosted the first of many award winning cooking series on PBS, where she was best known for her exuberant personality and flamboyant cooking style. Her other books include The French Chef Cookbook; From Julia Child's Kitchen; and The Way to Cook. She also filmed an instructional video series on cooking and wrote columns for various magazines and newspapers. She died of kidney failure on August 13, 2004 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Julia Child
De kunst van het koken alle technieken en bereidingswijzen, alle hoogtepunten uit de Franse keuken (1961) 1,198 exemplaren
Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking (2000) — Auteur — 888 exemplaren
Julia Child: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series) (2018) 24 exemplaren
Julia's Delicious Little Dinners: Six perfect small dinner parties to share with family and friends. (1998) 22 exemplaren
The Way To Cook DVD 20 exemplaren
Julia's Menus for Special Occasions: Six menus for special celebrations--from a cocktail party to a buffet dinner. (1998) 17 exemplaren
Julia Child Mastering the Art of French Cooking Classic Cookbook Vintage 1966 DJ (1777) 13 exemplaren
Rare From Julia Child's Kitchen by Julia Child (1975 1st Edition/2nd Printing, HCDJ) (1777) 4 exemplaren
The French Chef [TV series] 3 exemplaren
Italian Food 3 exemplaren
People 1992.12.28 1 exemplaar
The French Chef Set 1 1 exemplaar
McCall's – July 1978 — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever 1 exemplaar
Food And Wine Annual Review 1993 1 exemplaar
Julia Childs standaardwerk De kunst van het koken. Alexis Lichine's complete wijn- en dranken encyclopedie 1 exemplaar
Ranskalaisen keittiön salaisuudet : 800 alkuperäistä ranskalaista ruuanvalmistusohjetta / Alkuteoksen ... toim.… (1968) 1 exemplaar
The French Chef Set 2 1 exemplaar
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Baking with Julia: Savor the Joys of Baking with America's Best Bakers (1996) — Original PBS Series — 958 exemplaren
Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table: A Collection of Essays from the New York Times (2008) — Medewerker — 167 exemplaren
The Artist's Table: A Cookbook by Master Chefs Inspired by Paintings in the National Gallery of Art (1995) — Medewerker — 37 exemplaren
An American Feast : A Celebration of Cooking on Public Television (1999) — Voorwoord; Medewerker — 33 exemplaren
Wine, Food & The Arts: Works Gathered By the American Institute of Wine and Food. Volume One — Introductie, sommige edities — 2 exemplaren
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Child, Julia Carolyn
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- McWilliams, Julia Carolyn
- Geboortedatum
- 1912-08-15
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2004-08-13
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- VS
- Geboorteplaats
- Pasadena, California, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Santa Barbara, California, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- Kidney failure
- Woonplaatsen
- Pasadena, California, USA
Paris, France
New York, New York, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Marseille, France (toon alle 7)
Washington, D.C., USA - Opleiding
- Smith College (B.A., history, 1934)
- Beroepen
- cookbook writer
television host - Relaties
- Child, Paul (husband)
Prud'homme, Alex (nephew)
Jones, Judith B, (editor) - Organisaties
- Office of Strategic Services (WWII)
Smith College - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Legion d'Honneur (2000)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2003)
Emblem of Meritorious Civilian Service - Agent
- William Loverd
- Korte biografie
- Julia Child was born in Pasadena, California. She was graduated from Smith College and worked for the OSS during World War II in Ceylon and China, where she met Paul Child. After they married they lived in Paris, where she studied at the Cordon Bleu and taught cooking with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, with whom she wrote the first volume of Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961). In 1963, Boston's WGBH launched The French Chef television series, which made her a national celebrity, earning her the Peabody Award in 1965 and an Emmy in 1966. Several public television shows and numerous cookbooks followed.
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I'm reading this when I need a break from the novels. I adore it. Julia is just so cute!
Interesting book with a variety of recipes.
An interesting book. The recipes are definitely French and some I've never heard of!
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Though her enthusiasm is infectious, her deep knowledge obvious and admirable, and despite her francophilia, I rather wanted to get this book over and done with. I'm not the sort of cook who enjoys the fancy, rich classic cuisine of the time, or wants to have recipes in which every 1/4 teaspoonful matters, so she's not my sort of cookery writer. The story seemed sometimes disjointed, with episodes left up in the air.
For all that, she's a disarmingly warm and lively character, and her evocation of life in post-war Paris makes for an interesting read. But I probably shan't be looking out for more of her books, even though I could undoubtedly learn a huge amount.… (meer)