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Cooking legend and cultural icon Julia Child, along with her pioneering public television series, The French Chef, introduced French cuisine to American kitchens. In her passionate and sometimes breathless way, Julia forever changed the way we cook, eat, and think about food.
Entertaining, fun, and real in a way that influenced every television cooking program that followed, The French Chef embraced Julia's passion for food and teaching and reflected her joie de vivre: "If I can do it, you can do it...and here's how to do it!"
Now chefs of all ages and abilities can share Julia's love of fine French food and learn to cook some of her most-loved dishes with this special collection of 18 episodes from her original 1960s series, The French Chef. In her signature style and with bloopers intact, Julia demonstrates such classic recipes as boeuf bourguignon from her debut show, salade Nicoise, bouillabaisse a la Marseillaise, mousseline au chocolat, and many more delicious dishes.
Bon appetit!
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Three servings of practical cooking advice per one serving of nostalgia is the recipe for this 18-episode culinary collector’s item. The French Chef with Julia Child, the pioneering public television series which premiered in 1962, brought French cuisine to American kitchens without a dash of pretension. Child (1912-2004), a cooking legend and cultural icon with her 6’2" commanding-yet-self-deprecating presence, leads viewers through some of her favorite and classic recipes with requisite humor and congeniality. The three-disc compilation is divided into Starters and Side Dishes; Main Courses; and Desserts and Other Classics, and includes several printable recipes from each category. In vintage black and white, the collection begins with "The Potato Show" and Child’s sage counsel, "When you flip anything you must have the courage of your convictions," before she flips half of her sautéed potatoes onto the stovetop. Peppered throughout the collection are such reminders of why Child was so endearing: she let the camera roll through all her culinary disasters. In another show, "To Roast a Chicken," Child lines up five headless poultry as if arranging for a family photo, while earnestly discussing the differences between a fryer and a roaster, the "full glory of its chickendom." Even non-gourmands will find themselves captivated by such vintage entertainment, while passionate epicureans will relish step-by-step demonstrations of wonders such as boeuf bourguignon (from her debut show), salad Nicoise, bouillabaisse a la Marseillaise, and mousse au chocolat. (All ages) --Lynn Gibson
Julia Child - The French Chef Reviews
Julia Child - The French Chef Reviews
| 322 of 325 people found the following review helpful:  Julia at her best!, By A reader (Kirkland, WA USA) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Julia Child - The French Chef (DVD) Most episodes are in black and white. It's definitely vintage television. Some shows I can find in her companion book, The French Chef - ISBN 0-345-42542-1; others like The Spinach Twins and French Fries I can't even find the individual recipes in the index let alone the show. Each DVD contains a couple of printable recipes, and there's also a Julia Biography. The 18 episodes on the three-disc DVD are: Starters and Sidedishes 1. The potato show 2. Your own french onion soup 3. Bouilabaisse à la Marseillaise 4. The spinach twins 5. Salad Ni�oise 6. French fries Main Courses 1. B�uf Bourguignon 2. To roast a chicken 3. The lobster show 4. To stuff a sausage 5. Tripes à la mode 6. The whole fish story Baking, Desserts, and other Classics 1. Queen of sheba cake 2. Cheese and wine party 3. Apple dessert 4. Mouse au... Read more 170 of 170 people found the following review helpful: The archetype for all TV Food shows. The great Julia. Buy It, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Julia Child - The French Chef (DVD) These `The French Chef' DVDs give us 18 episodes of this landmark Julia Child PBS series organized by course rather than by chronology. Among the first disc's side dishes are early (1960s) black and white episodes mixed in with later (1970s) color episodes. These confirm what we have read in Julia Child's biography that the early shows were Herculean feats of improvisation in front of a live TV camera in an improvised Boston (WGBH) studio, where there was no opportunity to edit out mistakes. These episodes show how Child really set the standard for the TV cooking show and invented almost all the conventions we see nowadays from the likes of Paula Deen, Giada DeLaurentiis, and Emeril Lagasse (in his no-audience `Essence of Emeril' shows). It also shows where show creators such as Alton Brown and Rachael Ray have created great shows primarily by breaking out of Julia Child's prototype. While the contemporary TV culinarians still follow Julia's lead, it is... Read more 96 of 97 people found the following review helpful: A MUST-HAVE for anyone who loves to cook!, By This review is from: Julia Child - The French Chef (DVD) One of the many things that I love about Julia is that she was a REAL person. She made mistakes, and they were never edited out. That alone made her shows and recipes much less intimidating for the average home cook to try. This DVD set is such a treat, and it's about time PBS got off their bums and released these shows! My only gripe (and it's a VERY minor one) is that there is no *Play All* option...you have to play one episode at a time, then it goes back to the menu, and you have to reach for the clicker again. Otherwise, this is a wonderful set. I hope that this sells very well, so that PBS will want to release more sets. I know that I would buy every single one of them! |
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