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Gourmet Live: The 50 Most Important Women in Food
Kelly Senyei shares the scoop on the Oscar-nominated star’s off-screen life, including family meals and her work with Mario Batali
05.18.11
food + cooking
The Rebirth of Simone Beck
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....
08.06.09
- Keywords
- simone beck,
- julia child,
- film,
- louisette bertholle,
- david tamarkin
food + cooking
The Trouble with Julie & Julia
Five years after Julia Child’s death, she’s winning America’s heart again through this movie. Julie Powell is another story.
07.30.09
- Keywords
- film,
- cookbooks,
- julia child,
- julie powell,
- laura shapiro
food + cooking
Confessions of a Faux-Food Fanatic
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....
03.18.09
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- art + design,
- japan,
- cookbooks,
- mameve medwed
food + cooking
Why Does America Hate Ratatouille?
Made from some of the season’s best produce, the dish should be a summer staple—but our national aversion to it runs deep.
08.27.08
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- best of gourmet,
- laura shapiro,
- french,
- thomas keller
food + cooking
Classic Cookbooks: The 1961 Larousse Gastronomique
“Dessert without cheese is like a woman with one eye.” So goes one of the many blunt aphorisms peppered throughout Larousse Gastronomique.
06.05.08
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- cookbooks,
- rebecca dalzell,
- french,
- julia child
food + cooking
What Makes a Good Cookbook?
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.
05.23.08
food + cooking
Classic Cookbooks: Mastering the Art of French Cooking
The fact that Mastering the Art of French Cooking—a great, eternal gift to American home cooks—got published at all is a miracle.
04.16.08
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- cookbooks,
- jane daniels lear,
- julia child,
- french
magazine
The Accidental Purist
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,...
September 2003
- Keywords
- joe dolce,
- julia child,
- culinary culture