Julia Child celebrated household name, started as a wartime OSS desk jockey who later conquered Le Cordon Bleu and American TV - loudly, brilliantly, and without apologising.
Starting with Julie & Julia, we follow her late-in-life Paris awakening, the brutal Le Cordon Bleu learning curve, and the obsessive testing that became Mastering the Art of French Cooking. There’s OSS shark repellent, Paul Child’s steady love, and then the moment she turns a TV omelette into a second career. Suddenly it’s The French Chef - and dinner becomes comedy.

Topics include

• Julie & Julia and what the film gets right (Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci)
• Le Cordon Bleu, French cuisine, and learning late
• Mastering the Art of French Cooking and why it mattered
• OSS shark repellent and the strangest pre-chef CV
• The French Chef, cooking show chaos, and the Dan Aykroyd SNL skit

• Julia Child - Wikipedia
• Julie & Julia - by Nora Ephron
• SNL The French Chef - youtube
• Shark Repellant Work - cia.gov
• Julias Kitchen - Smithsonian Museum
• Mastering the Art of French Cooking - Wikipedia

Host & Show Info

• Hosts: Kyle Risi & Adam Cox
• Intro Music: Alice in dark Wonderland

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