Julia and Fred, who need no introduction
If you are under thirty, if arugula and microwave ovens have always been a fixture of your kitchen, then you may know Julia only as Meryl Streep's character in Nora Ephron's final romantic comedy . If you are of that younger generation, then you will not think of Julia Childs the way I do. I am old enough to remember my mom watching " The French Chef " while it was still in production, but I was too young at that age to appreciate Julia's cultural importance. She popularized French cuisine in America during the 1960s. She was the culinary educator who became a ‘celebrity chef’ years before Food Network started grinding them out like little sausages. While not my earliest memory of Julia, my most distinct impression of her is from touring her model kitchen in the basement of the Smithsonian Museum of American History . There, among other things, visitors can watch of a video of Julia Child making mashed potatoes for six , with ...
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