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Julia Child shows how ordinary ingredients and simple methods can produce a famous beef stew.

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Cooking legend and cultural icon Julia Child, along with her pioneering public television series from the 1960s, The French Chef, introduced French cuisine to American kitchens. In her signature passionate way, Julia forever changed the way we cook, eat and think about food.

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26 Comments

  1. I love that she's slinging that gallon jug of domestic wine around without a hint of apology ("Good for cooking and the table."), completely devoid of the pretence Americans expected from French cuisine and extolling the simple peasant virtues of the dish. A marvel for any era!

  2. I love that she says to serve the same wine you cook with. Never cook with a wine you wouldn't drink. And it's such a simple, down-to-earth viewpoint…you don't need expensive fancy wines for cooking! And anyway, their delicate flavors are more for sipping then cooking. Give me a simple solid red or a nice dry white and I'm happy.

  3. I LOVE Julia Child. Even back then, she never took herself, her training/techniques, or her knowledge too serious. Today's "Chefs" (and I am being VERY generous with that term) could learn from her.

  4. This is the first episode that repeats a recipe from an earlier show, in this case from Season 1. Repeating episodes from past seasons weren't a thing at the time on public television (on NET, the forerunner of PBS) and plus she could update the recipe with any new tricks.

  5. I wooed my future wife of 35+ years with this recipe and a simple fresh strawberry dessert. I made it a bit differently and now I make it this way, it's much better especially the mushrooms cooked this way.

  6. Love how she dished her husband’s plate and wine and then said there ya go dear the rest is mine 😂😂😂😂

  7. Well I'm trying something similar now but I know it won't taste like the real thing. My father cooked the real thing and he said it was a lot of work but my goodness it was delicious❤❤❤❤

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