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Julia Child

elmosmimi — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 08:29:00 GMT

I'm having a great time watching Julia Child on our local PBS Create channel.. What a treat to see someone so down to earth and so funny! Nothing choreographed about our Julia -s he cracks me up.

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BigOrangeKitty — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 08:40:17 GMT

Loved watching her years ago with my Mom! So glad they bring back the old episodes from time to time

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CinNC — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 11:21:42 GMT

Love watching her old shows also!

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candys mine — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 15:41:37 GMT

I will love Julia forever! Hers were the first cooking shows I ever saw as a kid (WGBH shows) and she was so straight forward and unintimidated by the food and techniques that I never ever thought to be anything else myself. Bon Appetite!

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HonnyBrown — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 16:07:49 GMT

When FIOS introduced the Cooking Channel a few years ago, Julia Child came on every day at 2. Such a difference from these celebrity chefs.

Bon Appetit!

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millieshops — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 16:55:36 GMT

Loved Julia. Learned a lot. Owned her books.

Nowadays, I'm much more content watching cooks rather than chefs. At least they present dishes I might try - very rarely do I see or read a chef's recipe that makes its way into my kitchen.

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Poodlepet2 — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 18:37:22 GMT

Ihave read just about everything I can about her and her beloved Paul. They both were pioneers when it comes to television......and she HAD to have perfection-what a gift! Poodlepet2

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KYToby — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 19:31:54 GMT

For those with Amazon Prime, many episodes of The French Chef can be streamed for free.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 20:13:11 GMT

I used to always watch her on Saturday afternoons years ago. I'll have to see if I can find her again.

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WSfan — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 21:24:27 GMT

I remember watching her when I was a child on our local PBS station. It was her original show, in black and white back then. She was the pioneer of today's cooking shows. Always cooking with butter and wine, and lived into her 90's. Then watched her subsequent shows that were also broadcast on our PBS station. Saw her original kitchen when we were at the Smithsonian in Washington DC. I still like watching the cooking shows on Food Network, where they actually cook, instead of many of the contest-type shows that they have on now, although there are a couple that I do enjoy.

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sfnative — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 21:39:44 GMT

Me, too! I started watching her when the woman who was to be my MIL spoke so highly of her back in '67 or so. She also gave me her Julia Child cook book, which I have to this day. I learned SO much from watching her and Graham Kerr (The Galloping Gourmet), that I can honestly say that the cook I am today is a reflection of them. Actually, I learned more technique that I use from Graham Kerr than Julia Child. I feel he taught more basics. Now when it comes to things like souffles and roasts, definitely Julia Child.

My mother was such a bad cook, I had made a decision to learn how to cook, just didn't know at the time that that education would come from the television.

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Aside from Julia Child's book, I love my early copy of The New York Times Cookbook.

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lory — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 23:35:53 GMT

I recently rewatched the series on Amazon Prime. I remember as a little girl watching her with my dad. We used to just crack up because she was such a messy cook. I actually learned so much the second time around.

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Poodlepet2 — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 00:54:14 GMT

Do you know what I think her greatest gift is to us? In her day, frozen, canned, convenience food-including tv dinners were running rampant....fillers and engineered foods were making serious inroads into America......I think in the long run, what she and James Beard together gave us- an appreciation of whole fresh food. Yes, we all have our memories of canned stuff and frozen, but somehow she prevailed in our national psyche: fresh is truly better. In addition, she did so much for not just the recording of recipes, but she gave a science to it. Why was one flour successful when another one was not? What was different about a brick oven vs an electric? We owe her so very much- she was a true gift. Poodlepet2

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boby — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 07:11:58 GMT

My fondest memory of Julia was when she dropped an entire pot of whatever she was cooking and just laughed and said (in so many words): Don't worry. It's PBS - nobody's watching anyway.""

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Drythe — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 08:31:23 GMT

I learned to cook watching Julia's programs. So wish I could have met her.

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Kitlynn — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 08:37:33 GMT

I love watching them and I record them. I really love the movie Julia/Julie and I own it and have watched it at least twenty five times or more! Her cooking shows are wonderful and I love her and Pauls' love story. A lot of good books have been written about them. I also have her cookbooks.

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Vamp — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 16:55:40 GMT

I haven't seen her in ages, but she was one of a kind!

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kittyfan — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 16:58:35 GMT

I loved the movie also. They had such a love story and she was such a pioneer. She truly paved the way!.

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Irish Rosebud — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 17:58:02 GMT

She was a treasure. There will never be another Julia.

Julia Child on France, Fat, and Food on the Floor