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All in the Kitchen
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La
Belle Cuisine
A
Tribute to Julia Child
August 15, 1912 - August 13, 2004
Fine Cuisine with Art Infusion
"To cook is to
create. And to create well...
is an act of integrity, and faith."
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Dan Dipaolo
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"The only real stumbling block is fear of failure.
In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude."
~ Julia Child
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Julia Child, in her own
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Julia Child
August 15, 1912 - August 13, 2004
(Photo courtesy of Reuters)
"Life itself is the proper binge."
~ Julia Child
La Belle Cuisine
These days it takes a lot of courage to open breaking-news e-mail
messages. Not
being totally willing, despite the state of the world,
to bury my head in the
sand, this morning I forced myself to have
a look. And never mind that
it is Friday the 13th…
What did I find, courtesy of ABC News?
“Culinary expert
Julia Child dies.”
Ohmigod! How could
that be? I found myself bursting into tears,
faced
once again with the death of someone not of my acquaintance,
but nonetheless
close to my heart. My feelings today are evocative
of the
pain of “losing” Craig Claiborne and
Eudora Welty…
Okay. Time to face reality, right? We all
realize, albeit somewhat
unwillingly, that our immortality is a fact. Inevitable.
Still, someone
whose presence
has been so profoundly influential, so instrumental
in
shaping our lives,
will surely live forever, right? Well, yes and no.
Julia
Child’s body has
departed this earth. She has "passed", as they
say
here
in south Louisiana. But
her legacy is, indeed, immortal. And
for
that,
I am profoundly grateful.
In
the course of reading an astounding number of tributes to Julia
Child’s eminence, I
read
something in Tom
Fitzmorris’s Menu Daily
that I had been thinking
all day long, even as I
tried to write words
appropriate to this sad occasion:
“Julia was one
of those figures so distinguished that the praise
she's received
for years -- and will now will flood around her
name -- is superfluous. Her
work speaks for itself and its author.
Buy the books and read them instead
of stuff like this.”
Amen, Tom. Took the
words right out of my mouth…
Get in the kitchen and cook!
A selection of Julia Child recipes from our archives:
In Loving Memory of Julia: First you take a leek...
Appetizers:
Gravlax
Open-Faced Mediterranean Onion Tart
Beef:
Beef Sauté with Cream
and Mushroom Sauce
Beef Sauté with Fresh Tomato Sauce,
Olive and Herbs
Beef Sauté with Red Wine, Bacon,
Mushrooms and Onions
Paupiette of Beef Gargantua
Pot Roast of Beef (Master Recipe)
Bread:
Bagels (with Lauren Groveman)
Brioche (with Chef
Nancy Silverton)
Pumpernickel
Loaves
Fish:
Poached Fillets of Red Snapper
Salmon en Papillote
Pasta:
Sunday Night Pasta with Balsamic Vinegar
(with Lynne Rossetto Kasper)
Poultry:
Roast Chicken with Garlic and Lemon
(with Chef Gordon Hamersley)
Roast Turkey
Simple Sauté of Chicken with Herbs
Salad:
Authentic
Caesar Salad
Potato Salad American
Style
Soup:
Soulful Chicken Soup
Veloute Cream Soups
Vegetables:
Stuffed
Onions
Zucchini au Gratin
Dessert:
Chocolate Buttermilk Fudge Cake
(with Chef Jim Dodge)
Chocolate Soup (with Chef
Jacques Torres)
Crème Brûléed Chocolate Bundt
(with Chef Mary Bergin)
Dessert Soufflés
Fruit Sherbet
Pate a Choux... a touch of magic!
Reine de Saba (Chocolate Almond Cake)
Tarte Tatin
Two Amazing Almond Cookies
Other:
Classic
Mayonnaise
Classic Sauce Beurre Blanc
Classic
Sauce Hollandaise
Classic White Sauces
Eggs by Julia (Master
Recipes)
Sauce Vinaigrette with
Variations
Pate Brisée and Pate
Sablée
Savory
Soufflés
(from our
90th-birthday tribute to Julia, August 2002):
"For some time now I have given considerable thought to Julia Child’s
imminent – and eminent – 90th birthday celebration. Even managed to jot
down
a line or two in tribute and intended to finalize it this weekend. And
then
came the Times-Picayune piece. That did it. I’ve decided
to let
it
speak for itself,
as well as for
Julia Child.
How honored we were to have one of Julia’s birthday celebrations right
here
in New Orleans. We were privileged as well to have a chef of Michael Lomonaco’s stature visit to co-host the Birthday Bash and reminisce about
the
city responsible for his culinary epiphany.
Just a word or two though, based on my own experience: Gigi, (my mother,
God
rest her soul) literally forced “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”
(1961
edition, okay?) on me at a tender age. Thanks to Gigi's foresight, I am
blessed
to
be among
those (and we are many) who owe a tremendous debt of
gratitude to
Julia
Child for her tireless guidance, enlightenment, inspiration,
and
encouragement through the decades. She set a tremendous example for
us, not
only with her culinary expertise, but also with her marvelous sense of
humor,
lack of
"Attitude" as she became a world-renowned figure, and her
indomitable grace
and aplomb in sticky situations.
Bloopers such as “First you take a leek…”
would perhaps have destroyed
the
career of those less self-assured than our Julia.
Long may she reign."
Julia Child, in her own words...
Happy 90th Birthday, Julia!
A Tribute to Craig Claiborne
A Tribute to Eudora Welty
Chef Jamie Shannon - in Memoriam
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