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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
r />   Farmer, Fannie

  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

 

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