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DVD : Julia Child - The French Chef |
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DVD : Julia Child - The French Chef |
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: WGBH BOSTON VIDEO EAN: 9781593752378 Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC ISBN: 1593752377 Label: Wgbh Boston Manufacturer: Wgbh Boston Number Of Items: 3 Publisher: Wgbh Boston Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 26, 2005 Running Time: 432 minutes Sales Rank: 6271 Studio: Wgbh Boston Editorial Review: Related Items:
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 Rating: - Bon appetit!! Wow. I'm a FOODNETWORK junkie at heart, and seeing this show puts all those other wild, pretentious, and over-the-top cooking shows in their proper perspective. For my first ever Amazon purchase I chose this marvelous foray into early videotape television. Ms. Child- already 50 at the start of this series and an amazon in her own right with her 6'2" frame- gives you the direct cooking business, without giving you the business. I had seen some of her later shows on PBS in the 80s, but THE FRENCH CHEF had already wrapped by then- save the occasional reruns. (Amazingly, this marvelous show only ran ten years, ending in 1973.) But the episodes don't look any older or younger than any of her subsequent series, which is a testimony to their timelessness. Humble, self-deprecating, and a little wicked, Julia rocks. And cooks. And brandishes a mean cleaver. Watch for the notable kinescope look of her very first show (from 1963) as she prepares Boeuf Bourguignon in real time. Later episodes switch over to B&W videotape, then to color videotape as well as a new, springier theme song, while gliding through such dishes as Salade Nicoise, Pommes de terre (potatoes) au gratain, spinach in puff pastry, lobster, stuffed sausage, roast suckling pig, chocloate mousse, an entire episode dedictated to roasting a chicken, and french onion soup. Purchase the 2 French Chef volumes together if you can-- more Julia at one time!! Omigod-- "the Chicken sisters!!" Rating: - Julia Child is great!Julia Child is a character. I grew up watching her, so it is nice to reminisce with her craziness. This set includes some black and white and shows in color. Also, there are snippets of her in France. This has been passed around my family, so we all enjoy it. Bon apetite! Rating: - The great Julia ChildsWhat can one say? She was the Queen of cooking shows, and I grew up watching her on television as her show was unusual for the time. I learned to cook from her, and am greatful that her series has been preserved on DVD. Highly recommended as all of her recipes were thoroughly tested by her before even making it into her landmark cookbook "The French Chef" or her television series. She was meticulous in her testing, and having tried a number of her recipes, I can say that they are magnificent. Rating: - The Best Cooking SecretsJulia Child still is the best! The DVD's contain many, many of the secrets to French cooking that only can otherwise be found by purchasing many books and watching hours and hours of the Food Channel. The examples and visual images are excellent.
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