Kelly Senyei shares the scoop on the Oscar-nominated star’s off-screen life, including family meals and her work with Mario Batali

Now that she’s a character in the movie Julie and Julia, a forgotten co-author of Mastering the Art of French Cooking may once again stir up some interest among foodies....

Five years after Julia Child’s death, she’s winning America’s heart again through this movie. Julie Powell is another story.

It may sound odd, but I’ve come to value replicas of food more than the real thing—because even the meal of a lifetime is over in a matter of hours, but a plastic shrimp is a joy forever....

Made from some of the season’s best produce, the dish should be a summer staple—but our national aversion to it runs deep.

“Dessert without cheese is like a woman with one eye.” So goes one of the many blunt aphorisms peppered throughout Larousse Gastronomique.

There was a moment of shocked silence when executive editor Doc Willoughby said he’d given away most of his cookbooks. Then all hell broke loose.

The fact that Mastering the Art of French Cooking—a great, eternal gift to American home cooks—got published at all is a miracle.

On the occasion of Julia Child's centennial, we reprise this profile by Joe Dolce, originally published the year before Child's passing. The story is both a perfect introduction to Julia's immortal charms,...