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NEWS ABOUT: Julia Child

Julia Child stories: 6 news summaries
OPINION

  Gone With Gourmet: 
 a Taste for Expertise 

There is no 'hard-won blood-on-the-floor kind' of editorial experience on the Web

Oct 8, 09 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Gourmet magazine absorbed his Cook’s in 1990, Christopher Kimball discovered the hard way that the publishing business is “a top-down, winner-take-all proposition, an oligarchy of sorts.” But the frazzling encounter also afforded him a meeting with Conde Nast chairman Si Newshouse, who “poured... More »

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Internet • blogging • cuisine • eating • Conde Nast • magazine publishing • Gourmet • Julia Child • Si Newhouse • S.I. Newhouse

Now In Child's Old Kitchen, No Meat—or Butter!

Vegetarian occupants hope chef 'is not rolling over in her grave'

Sep 1, 09 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - The sacrilege! Not only has the kitchen in Julia Child’s former Cambridge home—familiar to millions of devotees of her show—been renovated to within an inch of its life, the Boston Globe reports, its new owners have hung a picture of a cow with the caption: “... More »

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French cooking • cooking • vegetarianism • vegan • cookbooks • kitchen • Julia Child • Cambridge, Mass. • Lisa Landsverk

(Newser) - Nearly half a century after it was published, Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking is entering the New York Times bestseller list—at No. 1. The film Julie & Julia, starring Meryl Streep as the famous chef, has electrified sales of the cookbook despite its antiquated recipes... More »

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cooking • publishing • butter • cookbooks • best seller • Julia Child • Julie & Julia

(Newser) - Dual biopic Julie & Julia would have been a lot better if it had focused solely on Julia Child, say critics, but Meryl Streep's performance as the famous chef more than compensates for the second, weaker storyline about a blogger who tackles Child's recipes.
  • Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times:
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chef • movie review • Meryl Streep • Nora Ephron • Julia Child • biopic

OPINION

Pollan: We Love Cooking Shows, But Not Cooking

Americans would rather watch food shows than make food

Aug 1, 09 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Julia Child came on the scene, she changed the way America cooked. Child inspired women everywhere to try their hands at French cuisine. Today, we have loads more food shows, yet the average American spends just 27 minutes a day making food. “How is it,” asks food... More »

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cooking • Food Network • Julia Child

Julia Child Dished Up Secrets in WWII

Chef one of several famous Americans revealed as spies

Aug 14, 08 3:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Legendary chef Julia Child, Hollywood star Sterling Hayden, White Sox catcher Moe Berg and historian Arthur Schlesinger were all spies for the US, according to newly declassified documents. Untold stories and clandestine heroics of World War II will come to light today as authorities release 750,000 pages of files... More »

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CIA • World War II • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Arthur Schlesinger Jr. • National Archives • Harry Truman • Julia Child • Moe Berg • Sterling Hayden • John Hemingway • Kermit Roosevelt • Quentin Roosevelt • OSS • Office of Strategic Services • William Casey

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