plate. she made a proper omelet in a proper omelet pan that night. the host was blown away by its lightness and its taste. you have to understand in those days, no one had an omelet pan in metro boston. we would not know where to start or a garlic press. smart mother, no more than 25 minutes, serve a meal that s rival over home cooking. pretty good? american food was focused on convenience food, frozen items and canned items that were all a advertised and touted as a great way to save time. everywhere that was packaged and processed and under plastics and inboxes. it was not recognizable. just pop them in a frying pan with a little water to produce mouth-watering fried potatoes in minutes. people discover can soup as sauce poured over the chicken soup and whatever that was your sauce. americans we eat jello. people used a lot of spam, it would not be unusual where there was grilled spam with slices of pineapple on top of it. we ate without much style flare
some were gay. the other one loved women, you know. you know, it s life. she liked straight men better although the cooking world was full of gay men. many of them, she was very close to. bob johnson was her lawyer, and she felt a great loyalty to him. i don t think that julia thought that bob johnson was homosexual. he had a girlfriend that came to all the parties, and she used to say, i wonder when they re ever going to get hitched up. she just didn t see it. did not acknowledge it. she called homosexuals homos. did you see all those homos in the audience? it was derogatory. it was new for all of us. we were coming out of a period of when gay people didn t exist or really weren t meant to. bob told her he had aids.
the top chef and the artistry of cooking. you have to understand that french looked to their cooks as artists. i had classes for the gi on the bill of rights. because of the gi bill or the soldiers would have to come back from world war 2, had the right to go back to civilian life. julia and 11 gi trained by a fantastic chef. she was the only female with the 11 gis. was she going to be serious and could she be a true professional? in france, cooking was as world of men .
cooking on television, the phone began to rang and the station actually got a pulse. want a sketch and a take on french cooking. boy, i am going to buy her book when it comes out. it was all positive. it gave the station management. the idea that maybe his tv series could arise from this appearance. i would summon into the office and i said we would like to try two or three programs. featuring julia child cooking would make three piles . . hello, i am julia child,
julia exceeded everyone s expectations in her ability to continue in television long past the time when most people would have hung up their spatulas and gone on to their reward. how much longer are we going to see you doing television? well, till i drop probably. we re going to start out with a stuffed, roasted turkey. here you are. julia redefined age by example. when she was 87, she launched a 22-part series with jacques pepin. happy cooking. bon appetit. in classic julia fashion, she had a detante with pbs, and she did a few series with them. this is a really good dessert. she was 91 when we were