Julia Child has died

[supernova]

Just heard it announced on the newsbreak on NPR. She was 91.

RIP, Julia. You gave many, many hours of fine entertainment and instruction. It's because if you I love cooking programs.

[Maddy McCall]

1. Noooo! This cannot be!!!

I love Julia Child. Her self-deprecating style of humor was so funny. She was funny even when she didn't mean to be.

:cry:

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. RIP

Thats so sad, I loved her shows on PBS. Such a cool lady, I think she was also a spy in WWII, which is really awesome

[supernova]

7. I remember those old B&W shows

when I was a kid. She was hysterical. And strong! She's whip a side of beef around like it was a tinker toy.

[Lavender Brown]

3. Oh man

She was a very cool, talented woman. Rest in peace, Julia.

[wtmusic]

4. Sad

We'll miss you Julia.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

5. NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! Fuck me! I LOVED HER!!

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[supernova]

6. Julia's Kitchen at the Smithsonian

Look at her kitchen, hear her tell stories here:

http://americanhistory.si.edu/juliachild/

[slinkerwink]

8. Here's to a wonderful Smithie

I had the pleasure of meeting Julia Child in my sophomore year. She was so nice and so unbelievably friendly. I loved watching her show when I grew up. I'll never forget how to make a souffle now.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

13. I met her out here

She frequented a place called Zov's and did classes there from time to time.

[slinkerwink]

16. wasn't she wonderful?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

9. Exactly...she enrolled everyone

in eating well! :toast: To Julia...a culinary treasure.

[BigMcLargehuge]

10. Bummer :-(

may she find ample cooking sherry in heaven

[sui generis]

11. and remember: Save the Liver!!!!

(damn I think I cut the dickens out of myself!) /SNL skit

[Bertha Venation]

22. sister's response to the news (may be offensive -- you've all been warned)

"Oh... I didn't realize she was still alive! I thought she bled out on SNL years ago."

[sui generis]

32. "oh darn, I've just cut the dickens out of myself" /nt

[Dookus]

12. Nooo!

I adored her!

My sister-in-law is a high-level restaurant manager and knows her well. Julia came to her restaurants often and ALWAYS made a point of going in the kitchen and talking with the staff. According to my SIL, she was always complimentary and warm.

I'm really sad to hear this.

[brook]

14. A remarkable woman.

She would have been 92 on Sunday. (We shared the same birthday, though I'm a tad younger).

Indeed, she worked for the OSS in China and Ceylon during WWII.

Loved her humor. RIP, Julia.

[Spinzonner]

15. Will she be roasted instead of cremated

and basted instead of embalmed.


Hey, it is the Lounge ...

[flamingyouth]

31. And she would have laughed like hell over that question

:D

[GodlessBiker]

34. Oh, if she could have laughed herself to death like I am right now.

I met her a couple of times when she came to the cooking school I was attending. Always charming and gracious and willing to teach the students a few tricks.

[DS1]

17. thx for the spoiler!

:eyes:

[wickerwoman]

18. A life well lived.

I still haven't found a better salmon recipe 15 years later.

I'm glad that her suffering is over.

[GOPisEvil]

19. RIP Julia

You'll be missed. :-(

[samplegirl]

20. She loved people & cooking

Not a bad combo. RIP Julia.

[Bertha Venation]

21. there's only one word that can describe how I feel about this.

Fuck.

:cry:

[sonias]

23. Wonderful woman and wonderful human being

She led a good life and she touched a lot of lives with her classy style. Rest in peace Julia.

Sonia

[ronnykmarshall]

24. Aw no!

I loved Julia. She was so much fun to watch.

[Beware the Beast Man]

25. While I never actually sat down and extensively watched any of her shows,

from what I've seen of her she seemed like an honest, upbeat, life-loving person. It's definitely a sad day in foodie-land.

[Pobeka]

26. A toast to that wonderful woman

:toast:

Our lives are all the better for Julia having spent some time with us!

[Love Bug]

27. Let's not forget her service as part of the OSS in WWII

She was not only a great chef, but a hero, too!

http://www.jodavidsmeyer.com/combat/military/actors_in_wwii.html#C

[flamingyouth]

28. She was a friend of my parents' and will be sorely missed

Twenty years ago she taped an episode of "Dinner At Julia's" at my father's seafood business. Julia and her husband Paul were absolutely the most amazing, warm-hearted people we've ever met.

You cannot imagine how nervous we all were to meet freaking Julia Child and actually serve this woman our food. My dad was absolutely petrified. We had had a not-so-great experience with an unnamed culinary person not long before that.

I was 14 at the time, and she walked right up to me and started asking me all about school, my life, etc. I was dreadfully shy at the time, and Julia loomed large, to put it mildly (she was over six feet tall).

The taping went really well, then that night, my parents attended a Northwest Culinary Alliance dinner in her honor. Julia asked my dad and mom to come sit next to her! She and my dad were chatting and he told her he was walking around Green Lake every day at lunch. At the time, the lake was teeming with Canada geese. So Julia says, loudly, in her trademark voice, "DID THEY GOOSE YOU? THEY DO THAT, YOU KNOW!"

Everyone in the room heard and started cracking up. That night was the beginning of a great friendship and we mourned with her when she lost her beloved husband Paul several years ago. He was, like her, a wonderful and fascinating man.

Julia was a legend and a huge influence on my life. I can say that our family will miss her greatly. She loved her butter, she loved her wine and she loved life most of all.

Cheers, Julia, I salute you!:loveya:

[Reverend_Smitty]

29. And the best thing about her cooking...

it wasn't any of this low fat bullshit that we have today, that woman was never afraid to use copious amounts of butter...and she lived a long full life because of it!

[flamingyouth]

30. Butter and wine!

:toast:

[supernova]

33. One last note: Julia Child is a product of the G.I. Bill

Everybody knows she went to Le Cordon Bleu cooking school. I was perusing the Smithsonian exhibit, and here's what it says about her diploma:

Julia enrolled at Le Cordon Bleu in 1949. She was 37 years old, and received a birthday copy of the Larousse Gastronomique -- the "Bible" of French cooking -- from Paul. She qualified for the school by virtue of her service during World War II, when the United States government paid tuition for G.I.'s who wanted the training offered by the school as thanks to American pertains for their aid in liberating France. As the only woman in her class, she was a rarity, but she completed the schools rigorous training regime, finally receiving her diploma in 1951.

[DemWitch]

35. Blessed be on your journey, Julia...

You left the world a little bit better, a little bit more funny, and a little bit more well fed.

Your physical presence will be missed, but your spirit will live on with the many of us who loved your wit, your talent, and your style forever.