Product Description: Julia Child was not a natural-born cook - when she married she could barely boil an egg. But she fell in love with French food and soon enrolled at the Cordon Bleu where she learned the great tradition of Classical French cuisine. Later with two French women she devoted years to writing a manuscript finally published as "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" which became a culinary classic and sold over one million copies.Warm and exuberant Julia was a natural television star. In 1963 she appeared on public television in "The French Chef" a cooking series unlike anything yet seen on TV. Scooping up a spilled potato pancake or coaxing a reluctant souffl Julia was not afraid of making mistakes. Soon a nation fed on Shake n Bake and Tang would be experimenting with quiche Lorraine and boeuf bourgignon and cooking would become a national pastime.This is the story of Julia s two great loves- for her husband Paul and for cooking. Through an interview with Julia herself filmed in her fabled kitchen and rare images from the photo collection of Paul Child and from family photo albums Julia Child is revealed as few have seen her before in this tribute and testament to a great American icon.This special edition also contains 2 discs featuring 12 classic episodes of "The French Chef".Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MISCELLANEOUS/SPECIAL INTEREST Rating: NR UPC: 783421414297 Manufacturer No: WG41429
She is impressive The more I learn about cooking the more I realize how superior her television show is compared to most cooking programs. Not only do the episodes hold up to those of today's chefs, she is a much better teacher than, I think, any of them. Her commentary as she works is just right. Some of her remarks just seem funny then when you cook the dish you realize there was a perfect instruction tucked in there. I learn more from watching her than any other chef; she is incredibly fast but seems to be taking her time to show the correct way to do things. And her explanations of "why" are priceless. Chefs don't do that much now, yet it is valuable in the sense that ambitious cooks (like me) really benefit from knowing WHY things are supposed to be done in a certain way. It helps me improve. I watch all the cooking shows and hers really are the best. I wish I had all of her shows on dvd.
An Amazing Classic I am a french trained pastry chef who grew up watching Julia in my mothers kitchen. She was a groundbreaking culinairian, and paved the way for French cuisine in the US and the television cooking shows. Every Big name from the food network owes it to Julia Child. If you love cooking, then you will love this DVD.
Not as good as the first two, but... I'm very happy that WGBH has released this third DVD set of Julia Child's wonderful show, but like another reviewer I was very disappointed that the first disk was taken up entirely by a 1-hour biography of Julia, and there are only 12 cooking shows on the other two disks, versus 18 shows provided on the first two sets. But, on the other hand, I'm extremely happy to have it at all. Early last year I emailed WGBH in praise of the DVD sets, hoping for more in the future, and was told that no more were in the works...then this came along.
The "American Masters" biography is quite good, but I didn't think it was necessary to devote an entire disk to it when it is only an hour long. In this respect, I felt kind of cheated.
Nonetheless...I really, truly hope that WGBH keeps releasing these sets, there are MANY MORE "French Chef" episodes that we could be watching! I hate to think them mouldering in a vault somewhere. Unlike some folks, I don't particularly care for Julia's later collaborative shows (somehow they seem diluted and the full character of Julia doesn't come through) so these originals are my holy grail.
if only I could GET this product... I am amused that I got an invite to review this product, as I have yet to be able to RECEIVE this product. Due to a 'whoopsie' somewhere in their automated system, my order for Julia Child III was magically transformed into Julia Child I. I asked that it be replaced and received... Julia Child I again! When I asked for that to be fixed, I was informed in a very nice and polite email that the problem was not yet fixed and sorry, you're out of luck and there's Just No Julia III. :(
So if you've gotten this product, consider yourself lucky!
great addition to the French Chef series I can't wait for more episodes! The addition of the biography in this one was nice, but I would rather have had more t.v. episodes. I already had the biography.
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