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Julia Child certainly could make a mean boeuf bourguignon, but did you know she could also whip up the building blocks of life?

It's kind of scary watching her describe scientific diagrams using her chef's knife as a pointer. But it's helpful for all us home cooks that she converts grams into teaspoons. Bon appetit!

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]]>julia childJuliaChildprimordial soupPrimordialSoupyoutubeSara BonisteelThu, 05 Nov 2009 13:30:00 ESTReichl, the Cellar Rat and Roast Beef - The Kansas City Star in 60 Secondshttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/13/reichl-rats-and-roast-beef-the-kansas-city-star-in-60-seconds/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/13/reichl-rats-and-roast-beef-the-kansas-city-star-in-60-seconds/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/13/reichl-rats-and-roast-beef-the-kansas-city-star-in-60-seconds/#commentsFiled under:

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Bowl of tabbouleh. Photo: Jakub_hla, Flickr.
  • Potlucks can be reinvigorated with a jolt of Tabbouleh with Feta.
  • Gourmet may have closed, but Ruth Reichl still hit Kansas City to promote her new book, "Gourmet Today," at a special dinner.
  • A chat with local cook Carol LaBruzzo and a recipe for Italian Wedding Soup.
  • The PBS show "The Winemakers" includes a KC contestant: Ryan Sciara of Cellar Rat.
  • After "Julie & Julia," what should you read next? The Star says "My Life in France," "Alice Waters and Chez Panisse" and "Under the Table: Saucy Tales from Culinary School."
  • Westside Local offers everything from a classic roast-beef sandwich to a soup made of watermelon, cucumber and beets.

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]]>alice waters and chez panisseAliceWatersAndChezPanissegourmetGournet TodayGournetTodayJulia ChildJuliaChildmy life in franceMyLifeInFranceRuth reichlRuthReichlryan sciaraRyanSciaraTabboulehtabbouleh with fetaTabboulehWithFetaThe Kansas City StarTheKansasCityStarTheWinemakersunder the table: saucy tales from culinary schoolUnderTheTable:SaucyTalesFromCulinarySchoolMonika BartyzelTue, 13 Oct 2009 12:00:00 ESTFigs, Fishing and Fast Food - The New York Times in 60 Secondshttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/09/30/figs-fish-and-fast-food-the-new-york-times-in-60-seconds/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/09/30/figs-fish-and-fast-food-the-new-york-times-in-60-seconds/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/09/30/figs-fish-and-fast-food-the-new-york-times-in-60-seconds/#commentsFiled under:

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Figs. Photo:
Rubber Slippers in Italy, Flickr.
  • Autumn baking leads A Good Appetite to fig tarts, tomato éclairs and ratatouille.
  • Hot food carts and trucks like Schnitzel & Things score more cred after nabbing Vendy Awards at the fifth annual cook-off.
  • A dip in the cold Maine waters with Barb Scully, a local fisherwoman.
  • The Temporary Vegetarian finds orzotto to be easier to work with than risotto.
  • GoMobo cuts the line and alleviates the food-gathering irks of office lunches with their order-ahead system.
  • Before modern fast food, there were the quick pepperoni rolls of West Virginia coal country.
  • Digging into Kevin Zraly and his "Windows on the World Complete Wine Course."
  • San Francisco's Flour + Water boasts sophisticated Italian flavors.
  • After years of critics espousing its virtues, Riesling has finally earned its spot in the U.S. wine market.
  • Three years ago, Judith Jones (Julia Child's editor) started raising her own cattle for steak.
  • Serving up fresh fare in school lunches is ideal, but it means a lot more than bringing quality ingredients into old and neglected school kitchens.
  • The Minimalist makes roasted sweet potato salad.
  • Restaurants: The meatpacking district's Standard Grill suffers some dining hiccups but is still a solid food experience, the Village's Joseph Leonard has "flashes of daylight" in otherwise so-so fare and Brooklyn's Bark Hot Dogs rests between chic eats and fast food.
  • Food Stuff finds savory and sweet baked goods, simple jams and a Chilean food store.
  • New York's openings and closings and dining calendar.

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]]>figsfood cartsFoodCartsjudith jonesJudithJonesjulia childJuliaChildorzottorieslingschool lunchesSchoolLunchesThe New York TimesTheNewYorkTimesMonika BartyzelWed, 30 Sep 2009 12:00:00 ESTEditor's Picks - Best of the Resthttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/09/18/editors-picks-best-of-the-rest/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/09/18/editors-picks-best-of-the-rest/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/09/18/editors-picks-best-of-the-rest/#commentsFiled under:

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Shake Shack Shackburger. Photo: Robyn Lee, Flickr.
A few of the best stories spied elsewhere on the Web this week:

Set your DVR for the fall Food Network lineup.

A British hospital patient posts pics of his daily meals and asks readers to identify each dish.

A Hamburger Today creates a comprehensive style guide -- required reading for all burger enthusiasts.

Ace of Cakes gets the Easy-Bake-Oven treatment from Girl Gourmet.

U.S. restaurants make Guardian's Top 50 Places to Eat in the World.

Can't get enough ramen? Check out this hand-pulled noodle-making video.

Julia Child goes underappreciated in Paris.

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]]>aceofcakesahamburgertodaybaguettefallfoodnetworkgirlgourmetguardianhospital foodHospitalFoodjulia childjulia child movieJuliaChildJuliaChildMovieshake shackShakeShackU.s.RestaurantsLisa SchweitzerFri, 18 Sep 2009 17:00:00 ESTClamato Developer, Sylvia Schur, Dies at 92http://www.slashfood.com/2009/09/09/clamato-developer-sylvia-schur-dies-at-92/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/09/09/clamato-developer-sylvia-schur-dies-at-92/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/09/09/clamato-developer-sylvia-schur-dies-at-92/#commentsFiled under:

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Clamato. Photo: Bludgeoner86, Flickr
Syvlia Schur -- a recipe developer for Betty Crocker, cookbook writer for companies like Campbell's and creator of products like Clamato, Cran-Apple juice and the pre-Slim-Fast diet drink Metrecal -- has died at the age of 92.

The cause of death was respiratory failure, her daughter, Jane S. Smith, told the New York Times.

Clamato, a cocktail juice made with tomato juice, onions, celery, spices and a dash of clam juice, is known for being a key ingredient in the Michelada. It is made and distributed by Mott's.

Along with independently helping food corporations develop new products, Schur was the founder of her own restaurant and food company consulting business, Creative Food Services.

"She was a pioneer of modern food usage," her Creative Food Services coworker Heidi Kost-Gross told the Times. "Her company was at the cutting edge of how food should look and taste, and above all, how it should be used."

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]]>betty crockerBettyCrockerclamatocreative food servicesCreativeFoodServicesjulia childJuliaChildobituaryocean sprayOceanSpraysheila lukinsSheilaLukinssylvia schurSylviaSchurSarah LeTrentWed, 09 Sep 2009 12:30:00 EST'Wolverine' Sandwich Unveiled at New York Delihttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/09/04/wolverine-sandwich-unveiled-at-new-york-deli/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/09/04/wolverine-sandwich-unveiled-at-new-york-deli/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/09/04/wolverine-sandwich-unveiled-at-new-york-deli/#commentsFiled under: , ,

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Hugh Jackman in 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine.' Photo: 20th Century Fox
A New York deli known for its gargantuan sandwiches has gone the way of the summer blockbuster.

The "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" sandwich is now a fixture on the menu at the Carnegie Deli, a New York landmark on the corner of 55th Street and Seventh Avenue in midtown Manhattan.

The sandwich is the carnivorous wolf's dream -- and the vegetarian's worst nightmare: corned beef, pastrami, turkey, salami, tongue, American cheese and brisket on rye.

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]]>carnegie deliCarnegieDelideli sandwichDeliSandwichhugh jackmanHughJackmanjulia childJuliaChildlil abnerLilAbnersandwichsandwicheswolverinewolverine sandwichWolverineSandwichwoody allenWoodyAllenx-menx-menoriginswolverineSarah LeTrentFri, 04 Sep 2009 14:30:00 ESTJulia Child's Kitchen Now Occupied by a Vegetarianhttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/09/01/julia-childs-kitchen-now-occupied-by-a-vegetarian/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/09/01/julia-childs-kitchen-now-occupied-by-a-vegetarian/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/09/01/julia-childs-kitchen-now-occupied-by-a-vegetarian/#commentsFiled under: , ,

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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.

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]]>bostonbutterjulia childJuliaChildjulie and juliaJulieAndJuliakitchenveganvegetarianSara BonisteelTue, 01 Sep 2009 16:30:00 ESTFarms, French Cooking and Frank Bruni - The New York Times in 60 Secondshttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/26/farms-french-cooking-and-frank-bruni-the-new-york-times-in-60/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/26/farms-french-cooking-and-frank-bruni-the-new-york-times-in-60/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/26/farms-french-cooking-and-frank-bruni-the-new-york-times-in-60/#commentsFiled under:

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B52 on ice.
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  • Ice isn't solely a drink chiller. It's also a fine art for bartenders concerned with chilling rather than diluting.
  • Farm vacations hit stateside. Would you pay hundreds for the chance to work on one?
  • Frank Bruni's final column notes his (often underrated) favorites around New York City.
  • After nearly half a century, Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" has finally topped the best-seller list.
  • The Minimalist dips into peanut butter.
  • Hot baths and other treatments to keep your berries from growing mold too quickly.

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]]>60 seconds60Secondsboeuf bourguignonBoeufBourguignonborn roundBornRoundclamsFrank bruniFrankBrunihannahbellshot dog cartsHotDogCartsIceJulia ChildJuliaChildmexican hot dogsMexicanHotDogssho shaun hergattShoShaunHergattThe New York TimesTheNewYorkTimesMonika BartyzelWed, 26 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EST'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' Tops New York Times Bestseller Listhttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/24/mastering-the-art-of-french-cooking-tops-best-seller-lists/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/24/mastering-the-art-of-french-cooking-tops-best-seller-lists/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/24/mastering-the-art-of-french-cooking-tops-best-seller-lists/#comments
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In case you were wondering to what extent the mania for "Julie and Julia'" had gripped the nation, Sunday's New York Times delivered the answer.

This August 30, nearly half a century after the book was published in America, Child's classic tome "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" will be listed in the number one spot on the gray lady's bestseller list in the how-to category. The paper reports booksellers selling seven times as many copies in a month as they are accustomed to selling in a year.

This is not a small deal, particularly for the struggling publishing industry. Blogger Julie Powell is of course largely responsible for the surge of interest in the French Chef, and we wonder whether top Knopf execs have been bombarding her with flowers and thank-you notes.

More importantly, we are curious about how many of our own readers have invested in the book because of the blog or the movie. So spill it in our poll: Have you bought Child's cookbook? When? Tell us why in the comments.

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]]>julia childJuliaChildjulie and juliaJulieAndJuliamastering the art of French CookingMasteringTheArtOfFrenchCookingpollAlex Van BurenMon, 24 Aug 2009 17:00:00 ESTNice Nibbles of YumSugarhttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/13/nice-nibbles-of-yumsugar/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/13/nice-nibbles-of-yumsugar/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/13/nice-nibbles-of-yumsugar/#commentsFiled under:

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Tonnato sauce with veggies. Photo: YumSugar
Each Thursday, we round up a selection of scrumptious links from our friends over at YumSugar. Here's what they've got cooking this week:

Serving up fresh market veggies alongside a rustic Tonnato Sauce.

SF Chefs. Food. Wine. event dished delicious samples.

In tough times, shoppers are reaching out for the dented cans and crushed boxes of no-frill grocery stores.

Avocado doesn't only slip itself into guacamole. It can also, believe it or not, make for a tasty popsicle.

A photo gallery of seven standout recipes from Julia Child.

Five-spice powder merges the primary flavors of Chinese cuisine: sweet, salty, sour, bitter and pungent.

What did you serve at your last dinner party?

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]]>5-spice powder5-spicePowderavocadoJulia ChildJuliaChildno-frillstonnato sauceTonnatoSauceYumSugarMonika BartyzelThu, 13 Aug 2009 13:00:00 EST'A Great American Cook' -- Cookbook Spotlighthttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/10/a-great-american-cook-cookbook-spotlight/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/10/a-great-american-cook-cookbook-spotlight/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/10/a-great-american-cook-cookbook-spotlight/#commentsFiled under:

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'A Great American Cook:
Recipes from the Home Kitchen of One of Our Most Influential Cooks'
Jonathan Waxman with Tom Steele
Photographs by John Kernick
Houghton Mifflin -- 2007
Buy it on Amazon

It's rather hilarious when a chef's cookbook matches his real-life persona.

We interviewed Jonathan Waxman -- of recent "Top Chef Masters" fame -- a year or two ago about how to properly cut open an artichoke. He was confident that we'd be able to briskly pick up the trick (which could cause an untrained cook to handily slice off a digit) without much practice.

It shouldn't have been a surprise that the man who trained Bobby Flay in the kitchen some 20 years ago is a pretty darn good teacher, and we were happily producing pretty decent artichoke specimens within minutes.

That same confident, coaxing voice is present throughout Waxman's cookbook, a hodgepodge of his culinary experiences. From the red-pepper pancakes with corn and caviar he introduced at Alice Waters' Chez Panisse to a potato gratin he picked up while training in France, this is a fine compilation from a man who has trained many of the American greats -- and who used to hobnob with the likes of James Beard and Julia Child.

What we tested and whether the book's worth buying, after the jump.

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]]>a great american cookAGreatAmericanCookalice watersAliceWatersbobby flayBobbyFlaychez panisseChezPanissecookbookcookbook spotlightcookbooksCookbookSpotlightjames beardJamesBeardjonathan waxmanJonathanWaxmanjulia childJuliaChildrecipestop chef mastersTopChefMastersAlex Van BurenMon, 10 Aug 2009 14:00:00 ESTEditors' Picks - Best of the Resthttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/07/editors-picks-best-of-the-rest/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/07/editors-picks-best-of-the-rest/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/07/editors-picks-best-of-the-rest/#comments 10 chow Julia Child's 10 best bon mots. Photo: Chow Chow sums up its 10 favorite Julia-isms in time for tonight's release of "Julie and Julia". Our fave? "When a sommelier asked her to name her favorite wine, she replied, 'Gin.'"

Holy adorableness, Batman: Bakerella's pie pops.

Bill Keller, editor of the New York Times, jumps on the Diner's Journal blog to weigh in on the non-anonymity of new critic Sam Sifton.

Freakishly beautiful Meneghini refrigerators, via Apartment Therapy.

Speaking of John Hughes, over at sibling site Moviefone they've summed up the 10 best cinematic moments in eating.

BoingBoing finds a great Snopes article about Van Halen trashing a concert venue after finding forbidden brown M&M's in the backstage area. Apparently David Lee Roth used the candies as a litmus test of a venue.

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]]>apartment therapyApartmentTherapybakerellabest of the restBestOfTheRestbill kellerBillKellereditors picksEditorsPicksjohn hughesJohnHughesjulia childJuliaChildmeneghinimmsmoviefonenew york timesNewYorkTimespie popsPiePopsrefrigeratorsam siftonSamSiftonvan halenVanHalenAlex Van BurenFri, 07 Aug 2009 17:00:00 EST'Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. 1' -- Cookbook Spotlighthttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/07/mastering-the-art-of-french-cooking-vol-1-cookbook-spotli/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/07/mastering-the-art-of-french-cooking-vol-1-cookbook-spotli/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/07/mastering-the-art-of-french-cooking-vol-1-cookbook-spotli/#commentsFiled under:

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'Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. 1'
by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck
Illustrations by Sidonie Coryn
Knopf -- First published 1961
Buy it on Amazon

Julia would not have been our "French Chef," had she not collaborated with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle to transform their draft of a French cookbook into an essential guidebook to French food for American cooks.

Long before she showed television audiences that it was OK to screw up in the kitchen, Julia Child and the two other "Trois Gourmands" (Child, Beck and Bertholle ran a cooking school of sorts -- Ecole des Gourmands -- in Paris) were teaching the American cook the wonders that are beurre blanc, boeuf bourguignon and omelettes through "Mastering the Art."

"This is a book for the servantless American cook who can be unconcerned on occasion with budgets, waistlines, time schedules, children's meals, the parent-chauffeur-den-mother syndrome or anything else which might interfere with the enjoyment of producing something wonderful to eat." With those words, Child inspired bloggers and chefs and turned French cuisine into something our nation's home cooks could do ... and well. Bon appetit!

See what we tested and find out whether the book's worth buying after the jump.

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]]>french cuisineFrenchCuisinejulia childJuliaChildjulie and juliajulie powellJulieAndJuliaJuliePowelllouisette bertholleLouisetteBerthollemastering the art of french cookingMasteringTheArtOfFrenchCookingsimone beckSimoneBeckSara BonisteelFri, 07 Aug 2009 14:00:00 EST'Julia's Kitchen Wisdom' - Cookbook Spotlighthttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/05/julias-kitchen-wisdom-cookbook-spotlight/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/05/julias-kitchen-wisdom-cookbook-spotlight/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/08/05/julias-kitchen-wisdom-cookbook-spotlight/#commentsFiled under:

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'Julia's Kitchen Wisdom - Essential Techniques and Recipes From a Lifetime of Cooking'
by Julia Child
Knopf -- 2009 (original pub. date 2000)
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In the thick of the media blitz surrounding the release of the Julia Child/Julie Powell biographic mash-up movie, it would be easy to mistake this volume -- ours came bestickered with "Now a Major Motion Picture" -- for a quickie cash-in. It's anything but.

Rather, this is a previously published compendium of Julia Child's kitchen notes from her years of writing cookbooks and filming "The French Chef" and we're warning you now -- your copy will get messy. Julia wouldn't mind.

Takeaway tips: In Child's words, "It doesn't pretend to take the place of a big, detailed, all-purpose cookbook like 'Way to Cook' or 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volumes I and II'. It is, rather, a mini aide-mémoire for general home cookery, and is aimed at those who are tolerably familiar with culinary language; whose kitchens are normally well equipped with such staples as jelly-roll pans, a food processor, a decent rolling pins; and who know their way around the stove reasonably well."

"Kitchen Wisdom" is packed with time and temperature charts, foolproof, building block recipes for mother sauces, breads, desserts and soups, as well as her rigorously tested methods for everything from soaking beans and boiling eggs to the ins and outs of flour dredging and sourcing omelet pans. If it's got a soupçon of French technique, it's in the book.

See what we tested and find out whether the book's worth buying after the jump.

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This evening, Slashfood will be joining Meryl Streep and Amy Adams on the red carpet for the New York premiere of "Julie and Julia"! And naturally we'll be Tweeting, so follow along here or on Twitter.

The movie is Nora Ephron's melding of Julie Powell's "Julie and Julia" and Julia Child's "My Life in France." It opens nationwide on Aug. 7.

But don't forget that you have a chance to see it before anyone else. You have until 2 p.m. Friday to enter to win passes to a screening on Aug. 3 in New York. Just click here to tell us what Julia Child meant to you.

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]]>amy adamsAmyAdamsjulia childJuliaChildjulie and juliajulie powellJulieAndJuliaJuliePowellmeryl streepMerylStreepred carpetRedCarpettwitterSlashfood EditorThu, 30 Jul 2009 15:30:00 ESTWin Passes to a Sneak Preview of 'Julie and Julia' in New Yorkhttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/07/27/win-passes-to-a-sneak-preview-of-julie-and-julia-in-new-york/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/07/27/win-passes-to-a-sneak-preview-of-julie-and-julia-in-new-york/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/07/27/win-passes-to-a-sneak-preview-of-julie-and-julia-in-new-york/#commentsFiled under:

Meryl Streep as Julia Child. Photo: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Slashfood got a "Julia and Julia" sneak peak earlier this month, and now a few lucky fans can watch the film nearly a week before its general release.

Just shoot us a comment about how Julia Child influences your cooking. Ten lucky readers will win a pair of passes to a screening on Aug. 3, 2009, in New York City. (Winners must make their own arrangements to get to the theater and should plan to arrive to the theater early because passes do NOT guarantee admittance to the screening. Admittance will be on a first come, first served basis.)

CONTEST RULES

  • To enter, leave a confirmed comment below telling us how Julia Child influenced you.
  • The comment must be left before 2 p.m. ET on Friday, July 31, 2009.
  • You may enter only once.
  • Ten winners will be selected in a random drawing.
  • Each winner will receive a pair of passes to see "Julie and Julia" on Aug. 3, 2009 in New York City. Winners should plan to arrive to the theater early because passes do NOT guarantee admittance to the screening. Admittance will be on a first come, first served basis. Winners must arrange their own transportation to New York.
  • Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older.
  • Click here for complete Official Rules. Winners will be notified by e-mail, so be sure to provide a valid address!

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]]>amy adamsAmyAdamscontestjulia childJuliaChildjulie and juliaJulieAndJuliameryl streepMerylStreepSara BonisteelMon, 27 Jul 2009 15:30:00 EST'Italian Food' - Cookbook Spotlighthttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/29/italian-food-cookbook-spotlight/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/29/italian-food-cookbook-spotlight/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/29/italian-food-cookbook-spotlight/#commentsbook'Italian Food'
Recipes by Elizabeth David
Foreword by Julia Child
Alfred A. Knopf -- 1958; Penguin edition -- 1999
Buy it at Amazon

When Julia Child calls another cook "the doyenne of English food authorities" and her veal recipes "lovely," it's time to pay attention. Elizabeth David, not Child, is credited with breaking the English out of their stodgy meat-and-potatoes routines way back in the 1950s. Having sojourned in both France and Italy as a young woman, translating the recipes of local Italian and Frenchwomen from "by the handful" into so-called "proper" measurements, David was the first English cook to really bring Italian and French food to her native country.

Takeaway tips: David's prose is very unlike that of, say, M.F.K. Fisher, being quite straightforward, but is accurate and worth reading for its sheer Englishness: "Zuppa pavese" (a soup) is "a capital invention, admirable when one is tired, and also for solitary meals." She can't help but dropping details about her travels into the writing, but does so in such an accessible way that one doesn't come away from the book loathing her.

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Meryl can do the voice! Slashfood's sister site Moviefone has the trailer for the new Julia Child flick "Julie and Julia," and the two-time Academy Award winning Streep appears to be a delightful "French Chef."

We've been eagerly awaiting Nora Ephron's retelling of Child's story with that of blogger Julie Powell (she spent a year writing about her adventures cooking through "Mastering the Art of French Cooking"), and the trailer has us salivating for more. (We even spied a purchase made at the "Julie and Julia" sale held earlier this month hanging behind Julia!)

You'll have to wait until August to see the film. Till then, "Bon Appetit!"

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]]>julia childJuliaChildjulie and juliajulie and julia trailerjulie powellJulieAndJuliaJulieAndJuliaTrailerJuliePowellmeryl streepMerylStreepSara BonisteelWed, 29 Apr 2009 12:30:00 ESTStarter Cookbooks - The Hungry Bridehttp://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/24/starter-cookbooks-the-hungry-bride/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/24/starter-cookbooks-the-hungry-bride/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/24/starter-cookbooks-the-hungry-bride/#commentsFiled under:

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With thousands of cookbooks lining bookstore shelves (not to mention floating in the online stratosphere), where should a bride start? Many brides-to-be are utter novices in the kitchen.

In my case, I was lucky enough to grow up in a household with a perpetually-cooking mom always sharing her secrets to success, but for those not as lucky, where did you begin? Did you start with a straightforward Rachael Ray book and work your way up? Or did you dive right into Julia Child?

Please share your favorite starter cookbooks for basic culinary knowledge. Even better, those of you who know how to entertain like a pro without breaking a sweat (or bursting into tears), let me know what I can't live without. It seems that sometimes cooking is intimidating because nine times out of 10, we start with the wrong cookbooks.

After reading through your favorites, I'll gather up the best and showcase them on an upcoming Hungry Bride post -- which may include yours!

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]]>cookbooksjulia childJuliaChildrachael rayRachaelRaystarter cookbooksStarterCookbooksthe hungry brideTheHungryBrideSarah ChristineFri, 24 Apr 2009 16:00:00 EST'Save the Liver!' Meryl Streep Channels Mrs. Child for 'Julie & Julia'http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/21/save-the-liver-meryl-streep-channels-the-divine-mrs-child-f/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/21/save-the-liver-meryl-streep-channels-the-divine-mrs-child-f/http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/21/save-the-liver-meryl-streep-channels-the-divine-mrs-child-f/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

juliaAlthough the film adaption of "Julie & Julia" isn't coming out until August, Julia Child fans are already excited at the prospect of seeing America's most iconic cooking superstar served up onscreen. Following last weekend's sale of the film's props, your devoted Slashfood staff has been searching for images of the upcoming film.

Everything about Julia Child was outsized, from her flamboyant cooking style to her rich, fluttering falsetto, to her famously dry humor. This, after all, was the great chef who started her professional life as a purported spy in the OSS during World War II, became one of the few women to attend Paris' Le Cordon Bleu cooking school, and ended up spearheading a home-cooking movement that transformed American cuisine with her TV show "The French Chef."

Given Child's impressive height (she was 6-foot-2), it's perhaps unsurprising that the majority of her imitators have been men. The most famous was probably Dan Aykroyd on "Saturday Night Live." His repeated exhortation to "Save the liver!" captured Child's forceful personality and occasional tendency toward self-parody. An even better tribute was offered by John Candy, with a spot-on impression of Child boxing with Fred Rogers in "Battle of the PBS Stars" on "SCTV."

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