EP 59 Bon Appetit! How Julia Child Made America Fall in Love with French Food

<p>It’s no secret that Leigh and Kim are fans of Julia Child - a culinary icon who revolutionized the way Americans think about food and cooking. Julia Child made cooking accessible and fun, and her legacy lives on today through her timeless recipes, television show episodes, her cookbooks, and through the work of the many chefs and food lovers she inspired.</p><p>For todays’ episode, we take a good look at Julia Child’s fascinating life and the start of her storied culinary career - the 1961 publication of &#34;Mastering the Art of French Cooking,&#34; co-authored with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle.</p><h4><strong>Sources We Found Helpful for this Episode</strong> </h4><h4><a href="https://americanhistory.si.edu/food/julia-childs-kitchen" rel="nofollow">Julia Child’s Kitchen at the Smithsonian Institute</a></h4><p><a href="https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/julia-child" rel="nofollow">Julia Child Biography from National Women’s History Museum</a></p><p><a href="https://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/food" rel="nofollow">FOOD: Transforming the American Table at the National Museum of American History</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@JuliaChildonPBS" rel="nofollow">Julia Child Video Collection at PBS</a></p><h4><strong>Books We Think You’ll Enjoy Reading</strong></h4><p>&#34;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/84555/9780375413407" rel="nofollow">Mastering the Art of French Cooking</a>&#34; (1961) with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle</p><p>&#34;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/84555/9780375710063" rel="nofollow">The French Chef Cookbook</a>&#34; (1968) </p><p>&#34;<a href="https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/from-julia-child-s-kitchen-9780394710273?_gl=1%2Au7q00w%2A_up%2AMQ..&gclid=CjwKCAjwue6hBhBVEiwA9YTx8OepXwRkwEeG0laqaa-_pbMQzVUhFLgcOVSnCPbU-GLc8q2tuZcYqBoCccgQAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow">From Julia Child&#39;s Kitchen</a>&#34; (1975) </p><p>&#34;<a href="https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/julia-child-and-company-9780394502007?_gl=1%2A10e200u%2A