RIP Julia....

Just read on Yahoo that Julia Child died today. She was 91 years old. I hope she had one hell of a last meal. I will miss her greatly.

I am sorry to hear that. She will be missed .

My son just called me and told me. I feel like I have lost a very dear and wonderful friend. She (through her books) has taught me so many things about cooking.

I just heard on the eleven o'clock news. I will miss her greatly from the courageous way she served in WW II to her cookbooks to the ways she presented herself on TV. I will never forget the series on Public TV that she did with Jacques Pepin.

I'm glad that she is now at peace.

BB

With the governor in New Jersey scandal, the upcomming Olympics, and the incomming Hurricane Charlie I guess her death will be put on the news back burner. That's really too bad.

I know Julia Child was over 90, but her death is still shocking in a way because she had such vitality and lived life to the fullest. She was innovative in so many ways and my lasting memories of her will also be from her PBS series with Jacques Pepin (who is also wonderful).

She will truly be missed.

You remember her little spats with Jacques Pepin over how much butter to use? Those were hilarious.

Julia's passing is hitting me harder than I thought it would. She showed me how to cook and cooking is one of the ways that I express love for my family.

Thank you, Julia. I will miss you.

-Yumbo

She was truly ahead of her time.

The first time I saw her show she was making lobster mousse. She kept referring to the "moose juice", which, in my formative years, had me in stitches. I adored her.

She must be cooking up a great meal now with James Beard and Justin Wilson...

Thank You Julia

A comprehensive tribute to Ms. Julia:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3694953/


I can remember as a child, all us little gals mimicking her voice, as we used our easy -bake ovens. Julia, I feel, is the impetus for the mainstreaming of fine cooking for the masses. God Bless you Ms. Child.

JULIA ONCE SAID THAT ONE OF HER WEEKLY GUILTY PLEASURES WAS A DOUBLE / DOUBLE AND AN ORDER OF FRIES FROM IN & OUT BURGER

She had class. I wish TV chefs now had as much class as she did.
I remember watching her show with my parents when PBS used to run those home improvement/cooking blocks with the Frug and Victory garden etc.
She had some crazy theme music.
And remember her dropping stuff and just making a mess?
Bye Julia.

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Originally posted by Route 11

She had class. I wish TV chefs now had as much class as she did.
I remember watching her show with my parents when PBS used to run those home improvement/cooking blocks with the Frug and Victory garden etc.
She had some crazy theme music.
And remember her dropping stuff and just making a mess?
Bye Julia.

You said it best she had class!
I too will miss her.
I always wanted to meet her, now I will have to wait.

This is a "must read"!


http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/13/dining/13CND-CHILD.html?hp

If you have not shed a tear yet, you will after reading this most wonderful article about Julia.

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Originally posted by yumbo

You remember her little spats with Jacques Pepin over how much butter to use? Those were hilarious.

Julia's passing is hitting me harder than I thought it would. She showed me how to cook and cooking is one of the ways that I express love for my family.

Thank you, Julia. I will miss you.

-Yumbo

Amen.

Sometime back in the mid to late '60's I was playing around with that basically useless second channel knob on the black & white portable. I stumbled on Julia & PBS at the same time!! I sat down & became enthralled....Thank you Julia for teaching me about the world of cooking & leading me into the land of PBS where I have learned much of use in my humble life.

Hey, I'm just glad to know one can eat butter every day and live to be 91.

She was a true original and there'll never be another one like her.

What a stroke of genius to show up for a talking heads segment about her book determined to demonstrate the book, not just discuss it.

It was fascinating watching some clips of the early shows on TV last night. I had forgotten how well she came across. She had a natural talent suited for TV, a knowledge of the subject, and she was a little bit of a ham. Add to that a little verbal slapstick and you had, as one wag on Nightline put it, the first show on PTV that was actually entertaining. It was good cooking, it was good television, and it was irresistable. She not only awakened in a lot of people an interest in fine food, she brought a lot of people to Public TV.

I was working for the PTV station in Austin when we first started airing the shows, but I couldn't afford a TV so I saw her only at work. We used her first cookbook as a premium during a pledge drive and must have gone thru a truckload of them.

Work on TV crews bored me but I would have loved to have been on the floor during the taping of one of her shows. Some credit is due to the WGBH execs who got past their initial "Who is this mad woman" reaction and greenlighted a series.

She changed our culture.

Living in MA at times made you take her for granted, as she was always on the television somewhere, whether it be on PBS, or even on some local cable or network talk show.
I feel a void already.
Heather and I went to the Smithsonian a year ago to see the exhibit of her kitchen, and mounted our pots and pans in our kitchen similar to what she did.
Residents of heaven are eating better now than ever before.
God bless Julia Child.

Looked up some of her recipes in one of my old cookbooks last night. Lobster with a cream sauce-----there was a woman who knew how to cook-----and how to live! Thank you Julia.

She was inspiring, entertaining, educated and earned every bit of her title of "La Grande Dame de la Cuisine". A charming, eloquent, funny, down-to-earth woman who could cook anybody under the table...that was Julia. She was a trooper. A bon vivante. She had joie de vivre. Goodbye, Julia, you shall be missed. Bon appetit forever.

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Originally posted by Route 11

She had class. I wish TV chefs now had as much class as she did.
I remember watching her show with my parents when PBS used to run those home improvement/cooking blocks with the Frug and Victory garden etc.
She had some crazy theme music.
And remember her dropping stuff and just making a mess?
Bye Julia.

Here is a link to the "French Chef" Theme Song.

http://www.earthstation1.com/pgs/themes/dos-The_French_Chef.wav.html

Whoa, just sitting here with the TV on in the back ground. MPT is putting on a special right now about Julia, gotta go & watch that!

Apparently she ate french onion soup on the day she passed away.

When next I have one I will toast this magnificent woman with the requisite glass of red wine to accompany the soup.

The American Masters episode about Jula on public television the other night was really terrifc. Very enlightening. I really really really loved how she was the perfect example of how your career can start at any age. She was almost 50 when "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" came out. WOW. Pursue what you want to do at any age! You are never too old!! Julia is the perfect example!

Thank you, Julia. An inspiration in so many ways!

JUlia was my idol. She was a multifacted, amazingly talented, and worldly person. so much more than cooking. Her cooking was a reflection of the incredible woman within.
I recently had 2 major bad things happen to me, realllllllly bad things that should never happen to anyone, and you know how they say bad things come in threes?? Well, to me Julia dying was that third thing.
I'm so sorry to see her go. I hope she's floating on a pool somwhere, with her darling husband, Paul, sipping drinks and eating her beloved chinese foods in comfort and peace.

I can't begin to tell you how many great meals Julia has been responsible for at my home. I would be interested to know RoadFoodies favorite Julia recipes.

I made french onion soup because of Julia. It was a lot of work but boy was it good. Think I'll make more is Fall.

Ah yes, Julia's recipe for La Soupe a l'onion! I arrived in France in 1978 with Julia's "The French Chef" in my suitcase, ready for my job as French/English translator. I was sure that I would meet many people and entertain in my home so I had to be prepared. One of the first meals that I made for my French friends started out with Julia's onion soup. My guests were amazed. Confused. Bewildered. Later on in my French life I learned that Soupe a l'onion was only served at special occasions........weddings, baptisms, etc., and at 2 or 3AM......to sober everyone up for the drive home!!! But the soup always turned out magnificently as did her other recipes.....