Julia Child
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R.I.P.
The writer’s decision to spend a year cooking her way through Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” led all the way to a biopic starring Amy Adams and Meryl Streep.
BON APPÉTIT
How a veteran British actress known for dark crime dramas and who barely knew who Julia Child was became the perfect choice to play the cooking legend in a new series.
Food Crisis
The famous chef’s culinary education foundation is doing incredibly important work—it just needs to survive 2020.
In Memoriam
The legendary book editor and author, who recently passed away, changed how Americans think about and cook food.
The French Chef
The author’s long and complex relationship with the culinary icon.
Caught on Camera
Chef Giada De Laurentiis nearly sliced off her finger this week while attempting to carve a turkey. From Julia Child to Rachael Ray, watch other chefs’ culinary crises play out on TV.
Hot Reads
The author of the Stephanie Plum series picks five books she’d like to read this summer. Her latest novel, with screenwriter and author Lee Goldberg, is The Heist.