Julia Child's Kitchen Now Occupied by a Vegetarian

by Sara Bonisteel, Posted Sep 1st 2009 @ 4:30PM

Julia Child. Photo: John Dominis, Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image

Somewhere Julia's chuckling.

The Boston Globe reports Tuesday that the doyenne of French cuisine's Cambridge home is now occupied by a vegetarian animal-rights activist, who -- since the release of "Julie and Julia" -- has been besieged by tourists snapping photos of her home and leaving butter, yes butter, on the fence post.

"It's a bit ironic," Lisa Landsverk said of her place at Julia's kitchen.

Of course, true fans of Julia Child know that the kitchen Landsverk now occupies is just a shadow of the French Chef's. Child donated everything from her Cambridge kitchen to the Smithsonian, where it's on display at the National Museum of American History.

The reason for the Globe's visit was to cajole Landsverk and her family to cook up some of Child's recipes from "Mastering the Art of French Cooking Vol. 1." The family isn't big on being foodie; typical fare is "pasta, burritos, reservations," the paper said.

The new owner had only stipulation for cooking Child: Everything had to be vegan.

So much for using that butter on the fence post.

[Via Boston.com]

Filed Under: Television/Film, Food News, Celebrities
Tags: boston, butter, julia child, JuliaChild, julie and julia, JulieAndJulia, kitchen, vegan, vegetarian

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9-01-2009 @9:36PM J.B. said... Where is the photo of Julia's house???? You people don't know how to write complete articles. What's the point of the info without a photo? We know what JC looked like.
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9-01-2009 @11:27PM Laurel Richardson said... I think vegan and vegetarian ia the way to go and any adaption of Julia's recipes will be great. US citizens are just toooooo overweight and have a lot of health problems due to too much meat and dairy products.
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9-01-2009 @11:58PM Scott said... C'est absurde, laissant beurre sur une clôture. Pourquoi une personne faire cela? Et pourquoi les gens visiter sa vieille maison, comment le manque de respect à l'actuel ocupan. Appelez la police, et ont les touristes des États-Unis, je suis sûr que) arrêté et placé en prison. Les citoyens américains sont ethnocentrique et plus irrespectueux, les gens j'ai jamais rencontré.
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9-02-2009 @2:29AM Joseph said... Scott, do us all a favor and stop using web translators to make yourself appear more clever. All those programs do is make the user look like an idiot. If French isn't a language you normally use, then don't post in French.
I counted at least 6 egregious errors which no self-respecting Francophone would have committed.
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