by Bob Spitz
retirement of, 24.1, 26.1, 27.1, 27.2
in Santa Barbara, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 23.1, 24.1, 24.2, 26.1, 26.2
scientific method of, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 14.1, 16.1, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4, 24.1
self-confidence of, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 17.1
on September 11, 2001, 27.1
Child, Julia (cont.)
in Simca’s cookbook project, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1, 12.2; see also Mastering the Art of French Cooking
Simca’s introduction to
Simca’s recruitment of
Simca’s relationship with, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 14.1, 14.10, 14.2, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 19.5, 19.6, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 22.5, 22.6, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4, 24.5, 25.1
as social butterfly, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1
taste sense of, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3
television persona of, prl.1, prl.2, prl.3, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4, 18.5, 18.6, 18.7, 19.1, 19.2, 21.1, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 23.1, 25.1, 26.1
tenth wedding anniversary of
theatricality of, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1
Time feature on, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 20.1, 23.1
in Time-Life project, 19.1, 19.2
utensil collection of, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 15.1, 18.1, 19.1
voice of, prl.1, prl.2, 2.1, 9.1, 18.1, 22.1
Way to Cook work of, 23.1, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4, 24.5
wedding of, 8.1, 8.2
weight-watching of
at White House
work ethic of, prl.1, 5.1, 12.1, 13.1, 17.1, 18.1, 19.1, 20.1, 22.1, 22.2, 23.1, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4, 24.5, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4, 27.1
World War II service of, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2
writing style of, 3.1, 4.1, 21.1
young friends of, 24.1, 24.2
Child, Mary (Meeda), 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 8.1, 20.1
Child, Paul, prl.1, 6.1, 12.1, 12.2, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2
artistic pursuits of, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.1, 12.1, 13.1, 16.1, 18.1, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 23.1, 24.1, 26.1, 26.2
astrologer’s predictions about
Cambridge ties of
car accident of
Charlie’s relationship with, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2, 21.1, 21.2, 23.1
childhood of, 6.1, 6.2
and children
on Communist threat, 11.1, 11.2
culinary appreciation of, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1, 14.10, 15.1, 15.2, 21.1, 21.2, 23.1
death of, 25.1, 26.1, 26.2, 26.3, 26.4
death preoccupation of, 20.1, 20.2, 23.1, 25.1
in Dinner at Julia’s production, 23.1, 23.2
Dort’s relationship with, 10.1, 11.1
early jobs of
Edith Kennedy’s relationship with, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 9.1, 14.1, 20.1
financial situation of, 9.1, 10.1, 16.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3
French bread experiments of, 20.1, 20.2
French Chef involvement of, prl.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4, 18.5
French fluency of, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 21.1, 21.2, 24.1
government investigation of
health problems of, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 23.4, 24.1, 24.2, 26.1
in house fire
intellect of, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 16.1, 21.1
John McWilliams’s relationship with, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 10.2, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1
in Julia’s early cooking pursuits, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4
Julia’s early relationship with, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2
Julia’s emotional support of, 9.1, 11.1, 11.2
and Julia’s gadget wall, 11.1, 15.1, 19.1
Julia’s introduction to, 5.1, 7.1
Julia’s love correspondence with, 8.1, 8.2
Julia’s Paris tours with
Julia’s professional support from, prl.1, prl.2, 6.1, 13.1, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 21.1, 21.2, 22.1, 24.1, 26.1
in Julia’s rehearsal process, prl.1, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 18.1, 18.2
at La Pitchoune, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 19.5, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4, 21.5, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 25.1
marital commitment of, 9.1, 10.1, 13.1, 14.1, 21.1, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3
in Marseille, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
and Mastering creation, 6.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 15.1
on Mastering II book tour, 20.1, 20.2
and Mastering II creation, 19.1, 19.2, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3
mental deterioration of, 21.1, 21.2, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4
nickname of
on 1954 home leave, 13.1, 13.2
on 1963 Europe trip, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4
in Norway, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
in nursing home, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3
personality of, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 9.1, 10.1, 13.1, 15.1, 16.1, 21.1
postwar career plans of
in retirement
in Santa Barbara, 22.1, 24.1
Simca’s relationship with, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2
sonnet by
State Department career of, 5.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 15.1, 16.1, 18.1
tenth wedding anniversary of
wedding of, 8.1, 8.2
wine collection of, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 11.1, 12.1, 16.1, 21.1, 22.1, 23.1
World War II service of, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
Child, Rachel, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 13.1, 16.1, 16.2, 21.1, 23.1
Child, Robert (Charlie), 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 13.1, 14.1, 18.1, 20.1, 22.1
artistic ability of, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 9.1, 24.1
death of, 23.1, 23.2
government investigation of
La Pitchoune visit of, 19.1, 20.1
Maine cabin of, 8.1, 8.2
Paul’s letters to, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.1, 10.2, 13.1, 16.1, 16.2, 18.1, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 21.1, 23.1, 25.1
Paul’s relationship with, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2, 21.1, 21.2, 23.1
Pennsylvania home of
personality of
children, Julia’s views on, 4.1, 9.1, 24.1
Childs
China
Allied campaign in, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
communism in
Julia’s posting in, 7.1, 7.2
Paul’s posting in, 7.1, 7.2
Paul’s return from
Chock Full o’Nuts
Chongqing, China, 7.1, 7.2
City in History, The (Mumford),
Civil Service exam
Claiborne, Craig, 16.1, 16.2, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 20.1, 20.2, 21.1, 22.1, 23.1
Clark, Patrick
Classic French Cuisine (Donon), 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
Clausson, Clara
Clementine in the Kitchen (Chamberlain),
Clinton, Bill
Clos de Vougeot
Closerie des Lilas, La
Club des Cent
Coast, 4.1, 4.2
Cohn, Roy
Colette
Comédie-Française
communism
State Department’s targeting over, 10.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1
Conrad, Joseph
Cook
Cook, My Darling Daughter (Knopf),
cookbooks
accuracy in, 13.1, 13.2
Knopf’s publishing of, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 21.1
in United States, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 21.1, 24.1
Cooke, Morris Llewellyn
cooking
/> Judith Jones’s interest in, 15.1, 16.1
Julia’s approach to, prl.1, prl.2, prl.3, prl.4, prl.5, prl.6, 8.1, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 14.10, 15.1, 18.1, 19.1, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 23.1, 24.1, 24.2, 27.1
Julia’s career goals in, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 14.1, 16.1, 17.1
Julia’s first efforts in, 8.1, 9.1
Julia’s love of
Julia’s theoretical analysis of
Julia’s utensils for, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 15.1, 18.1, 19.1
see also food
cooking, American
education in, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 24.1
frozen food in
ingredients in, 11.1, 14.10, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 19.1, 19.2, 22.1
Julia’s activism in, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 24.1, 24.2
Master Chefs showcasing of, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3
cooking, American (cont.)
post–World War II, prl.1, prl.2, prl.3, 9.1, 14.10, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 15.1, 17.1, 17.2
on television, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 21.1, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 24.1, 24.2, 25.1, 25.2
transition in, 13.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4
women in, 23.1, 23.2, 25.1
see also food, American
cooking, French
American adaptation of, 11.1, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 16.1, 20.1, 20.2
American exposure to, 11.1, 16.1; see also French Chef, The; École des Trois Gourmandes, L’; Mastering the Art of French Cooking
Cordon Bleu’s influence on
Curnonsky’s role in
health-related criticism of, 24.1, 24.2, 25.1
ingredients for, 11.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 20.1
Julia’s approach to, 12.1, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 24.1
Julia’s career in, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3; see also École des Trois Gourmandes, L’; Mastering the Art of French Cooking
Julia’s first attempts at
Julia’s training in, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1, 15.1, 16.1
peasant-style
Provençal, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2
shortcut cookbooks in
technique in, 10.1, 22.1
women in, 10.1, 11.1, 13.1, 27.1
see also cuisine bourgeoise; nouvelle cuisine
Cooking in Concert, 26.1, 26.2, 27.1, 27.2
Cooking of Provincial France, The, 19.1, 19.2
Cooking with Corris
Cooking with Master Chefs, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4, 26.1
Cooking with Master Chefs (Child), 26.1, 26.2
Cooking with Philameena
Cooking with Roz
Cook It Outdoors (Beard),
Copia (American Center for Wine, Food, and the Arts)
Copley Plaza
coq au vin, 8.1, 15.1, 17.1
Cordon Bleu
chicken roasting technique at
Dione Lucas’s involvement with, 16.1, 16.2
dogmatic nature of
facilities at, 10.1, 10.2
founding of
French-only instruction at
housewife course at, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2
Julia’s exams at
Julia’s training at, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
Madeleine Kamman’s training at
Simca’s time at
Trois Gourmandes’s competition with
Cordon Bleu Cookbook, The (Lucas),
Corning
Costco
Côte Basque, La
Couric, Katie
Couronne, La, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 21.1
Cousins, Ivan, 11.1, 22.1, 24.1
Cousins, Phila, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 9.1, 10.1, 13.1, 20.1, 21.1, 25.1, 25.2, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 27.4
Crane, Zenas
Crane Paper Company
Cravens, John S.
Crisco
Crist, Judith
Cronkite, Walter
Cuisinart, 26.1, 26.2, 26.3
cuisine bourgeoise, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 14.1, 18.1
Cuisine d’urgence (Chandet),
Culinary Institute of America (CIA)
Cunningham, Marion
Curnonsky, Prince, 9.1, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2
custards
Cutler, Donald, 21.1, 21.2
Dahl, Roald
Dalton, Mass., 1.1, 1.2
Dames d’Escoffier, Les
dancing
Darrow, Clarence
Dartmouth College
David, Elizabeth, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2, 18.1, 19.1, 25.1
David Letterman Show, The
Davidson, Susy, 24.1, 25.1
Davis, Dave
Davis, Tom
Dayton’s
“Dear Abby,”
death
Julia’s attitude toward, 23.1, 23.2, 24.1, 26.1
Paul’s fear of, 20.1, 20.2, 23.1
De Gouy, Louis Pullig
de Groot, Roy
Dehillerin, 10.1, 12.1, 18.1
del Grande, Robert, 25.1, 25.2
Depression, Great
de Santillana, Dorothy, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
Detectives, The
DeVoto, Avis
death of
Julia’s relationship with, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 13.6, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6, 14.7, 14.8, 14.9, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 16.1, 19.1, 19.2, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4, 21.1, 23.1, 25.1
and Mastering publication, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 15.6, 15.7, 16.1
as Mastering recipe tester
DeVoto, Bernard, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 14.1, 14.2, 20.1
DeVoto, Mark, 12.1, 13.1
Dewey, Thomas
Diary of a Young Girl (Frank), 15.1, 15.2
Diat, Louis, 14.1, 14.2
Dinner at Julia’s, 23.1, 23.2, 24.1, 24.2
Disney
Disney, Walt
Distel, Marthe, 10.1, 11.1
Dodge, Jim
Donon, Joseph, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
Donovan, William “Wild Bill,”, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Doubleday
Douglas, Helen Gahagan
Dreesen
Drummond, Geoffrey, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4, 25.5, 25.6, 25.7, 25.8, 25.9, 26.1, 26.2, 26.3, 26.4, 26.5, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 27.4, 27.5, 27.6
DuBois, Cora
Ducasse, Alain
duck
pressed
duck à l’orange, 14.1, 14.2
Duff, Jo, 4.1, 27.1
Duhamel, P. Albert, prl.1, prl.2, prl.3
Dumas, Alexander
Dwight, Ill.
Dylan, Bob
Eames, Charles
École des Trois Gourmandes, L’, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 14.1, 18.1, 19.1
École Hôtelière de la Sociéte Suisse des Hôteliers, L’
École Professionelle de Meunerie
Edison, Thomas
Egg Basket, 16.1, 16.2
eggs
eggs Florentine
egg whites
Eisenhower, Dwight
Elizabeth Arden, 18.1, 20.1
Elman, Dorothea
Elsie Presents: James Beard in “I Love to Eat!,” 317
Embassy News
Emmy Awards
endive
En Français
England, labor unrest in
English, Todd
Environmental Defense Center
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Ernst, Max
Escargot d’or
Escoffier, Auguste, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 13.1, 14.1, 21.1, 21.2, 23.1
Esquire, 14.10
estouffade aux trois viandes
Ettlinger, Ethel, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1
Eugene (OR) Register-Guard
Europe
Childs’ 1963 visit to
communism in, 9.1, 11.1
Good Morning America trip to,
Fairlawn Nursing Home, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 25.1
Family Circle
Fannie Farmer Cookbook, The, 11.1, 20.1, 22.1
Fearing, Dean
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Feminine Mystique, The (Friedan),
Feniger, Susan
Ferguson-Ota, Amy
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Field, Marshall
Field, Michael, 19.1, 19.2, 21.1, 22.1
Filene, Edward
Fischbacher, Jean, 11.1, 18.1, 18.2, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 24.1
Fischbacher, Simone Beck (Simca), 9.1, 11.1
baking skills of, 11.1, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 26.1
cookbook project of, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1, 12.2; see also Mastering the Art of French Cooking
cooking ability of, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 15.1, 16.1, 18.1, 19.1, 20.1
in cooking school venture, 11.1, 11.2
death of
depression of
driving style of
family retreat of, see Bramafam
illness of
James Beard’s relationship with, 20.1, 22.1
Julia’s introduction to
Julia’s recruitment by
Fischbacher, Simone Beck (Simca) (cont.)
Julia’s relationship with, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 14.1, 14.10, 14.2, 15.1, 16.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 19.5, 19.6, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 22.5, 22.6, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4, 24.5, 25.1
Knopf’s book deal with, 21.1, 21.2
Mastering II work of, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4, 20.5, 20.6, 20.7, 20.8, 20.9
in Mastering promotion, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 16.6
memoir project of
and New York food community, 16.1, 16.2
1958 U.S. visit of, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
and nouvelle cuisine
Paul’s relationship with, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2
vichyssoise recipe of
fish, French vs. American
Fish Cookery (Beard),
Fisher, M. F. K., 19.1, 19.2, 20.1, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 22.1, 22.2, 24.1, 24.2, 25.1
Fisheries Department, U.S.
Flammarion
Flaubert, Gustave
flounder, 9.1, 13.1
flour, French versus American, 11.1, 20.1
Focillon, Henri
Focillon, Madame
Fonda, Henry
Fonda, Jane
Fonda del Sol, La
fond brun
food
Childs ’ bonding over, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
Julia’s early attitude toward, prl.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 9.1
Paul’s appreciation of, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1, 14.10, 15.1, 15.2, 21.1, 21.2, 23.1
processed
Sichuan
Yunnanese, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
see also cooking
food, American
AIDS and