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DVD : The French Chef With Julia Child 2 |
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DVD : The French Chef With Julia Child 2 |
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starring: Julia Child
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: WGBH BOSTON VIDEO EAN: 9781593755270 Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC ISBN: 1593755279 Label: Wgbh Boston Manufacturer: Wgbh Boston Number Of Items: 3 Publisher: Wgbh Boston Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 22, 2005 Running Time: 432 minutes Sales Rank: 17255 Studio: Wgbh Boston Theatrical Release Date: 2005 Editorial Review: Related Items:
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 Rating: - The French Chef 1 & 2I have been waiting for years for these DVDs to appear. Julia Child was an amazing woman who inspired me as a young bride to cook. She was, in addition to being a superb chef, a wonderful teacher. Her techniques and the recipes stand the test of time. My daughter, an excellent cook in her own right, has heard me talk about Julia Child and now she has her own copies of both DVDs. My daughter had watched Julia Child as a guest on television shows but now that she has actually seen the "Master Chef" in action she appreciates why I have been in love with Julia Child for so long. Julia Child goes back to the basics of cooking, showing the techniques that you have to master to become a really good cook. Rating: - Not Just Nostalgia -- UsefulThis is a culinary time capsule. I was one year old when The French Chef debuted on TV, and yet tonight I made the creamed spinach featured in the series, and not only was it simple, economical, and DELICIOUS (truly, like something I might have had in a restaurant), but it also used just a tiny bit of butter and a tiny amount of cream, and the rest was stuff you'd have on hand (plus the spinach). This is an EXCELLENT way to be cooking (perfectly Atkins even). I topped it off with two poached eggs, just as Julia suggested, and that was dinner. So many recipes today require lots of ingredients and you end up using only a portion of what you have to buy (usually only to find the recipe wasn't well written, could have been improved, and wasn't all that worthwhile). This is truly real-world and economical cooking, and even better than that, what you learn cooking one thing (in which you've learned a simple little technique and dish to add to your repertoire) transfers to cooking other things, and before you know it you're a good cook and INSPIRED cook, not having to stick slavishly to someone else's recipe, but just cooking based on experience. There's excellent kitchen wisdom in this series to go along with the nostalgia, and I'm looking forward to trying more -- tomorrow for lunch, in fact. It was also fun to hear Julia say things like that you could pick up a French omelette pan for $2.50 or so when the particular episode was made, and to correct herself to say "brown" a dish after saying "gratinee" and thinking (at the time) no Americans would know what she was talking about -- same thing with common cooking terms we know today like "bouquet garni" that Julia's audience was being introduced to for the first time but that today most any cook is going to know. Additionally, Julia makes suggested wine pairings that I'm certain still hold up today. This series was particularly good for the episodes on vegetables and eggs, as, again, you will have a small repertoire of things to try that are easy, excellent, and use ingredients you're likely to have on hand or can easily and economically pick up. Enjoy. Rating: - The Queen of cusineWho wouldn't enjoy this down to earth, witty teacher of cooking! Awesome! Rating: - Another enjoyable visit with Julia!Like the first, this too is yet another great opportunity to experience Julia at her best! Bombard WGBH and tell them to release #3, #4, #5, etc.!!! Also ask them to release episodes of the "Julia Child" of plants--Thalassa Cruso, star of "Making Things Grow" filmed on the same set as Julia!
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