Late celebrity chef
Julia Child may have brought all things culinary to the masses, but there was one secret she kept from the world: She was a spy.
Newly released personnel records reveal that Julia Child was part of an
international spy ring managed by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), an early version of the CIA created during World War II by President Theodore Roosevelt. Before she became a famous chef, Child helped the OSS
develop shark repellent, an explosives coating that was critical to protecting ammunition used to sink German U-boats during the war.
On today's date, February 11, in 1963
Julia Child's The French Chef cooking show first appeared on national television. To commemorate the anniversary I've put together a quiz about her show. To learn more about this culinary icon test your knowledge now.
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Meryl Streep to Play Julia Child
Meryl Streep is in talks to play Julia Child in a film adaptation of Julie Powell's book
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen. Nora Ephron (When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle) will write the adaptation and will direct as well. Amy Adams is signed on to costar.
Frankly, I think this is awesome.
Meryl Streep is in talks to play Julia Child in a film adaptation of Julie Powell's book
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen. Nora Ephron (When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle) will write the adaptation and will direct as well.
Although the anniversary of her birthday is just two short days away, on today's date three years ago, the legendary
Julia Child died. One of the first celebrity chefs, Child played an incredibly influential role in the culinary world. She personally introduced the classic French cooking techniques through her popular television series,
The French Chef, and her 1961 cookbook,
Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
A few years ago, while facing her 30th birthday, Julie Powell decided that even though she had no culinary background, she was going to master Julia Child's
Mastering the Art of French Cooking. So she built herself a blog and gave herself a year to complete every single recipe inside. There were ups and downs, but over the course of 365 days not only does she learns how to make a clafouti, but she learns a lot about herself.
This week I decided to bake something
French for
travel week. I originally thought I'd make a
classic creme brulee, but after flipping through Julia Child's wonderful
Mastering the Art of French Cooking, I landed on a clafouti instead. The anniversary of
Julia Child's birth is approaching and in order to celebrate, I thought it was time to try mastering something new.
