“i was 32 when i started cooking; up until then i just ate.” -jc
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happy memorial birthday to julia child,
american chef extraordiniare , rebel, eccentric, pioneer, lover of all things butter
and the one who brought the art of french cooking to america.
“with enough butter anything is good.”
-julia child
“miss child is never bashful with butter”
-phil donahue
jc -i plan to whittle a stick of butter into a smaller stick of butter today in your honor.
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image credits: (b/w) google. com, (color) butter sculptures, pennsylvania state fair
How funny, just yesterday we spoke about that film with Meryl Streep – it was one of the most heartwarming films ever and never having known about Julia Child before, it was to me certainly Streep’’s double act as ‘then and now’ Julia…. Thanks for your adding a few extra buttery calories to your memorational jc meal!
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always room for a little more –
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A beautiful celebration of one of the most iconic chefs in the world. To me, she will always be the first and greatest celebrity chef. Fun post, Beth!
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she really was –
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I loved the movie, Julia and Julie. Butter is indeed the magic ingredient.
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indeed
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😋
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A lovely post, Beth.
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thanks, roberta. she was quite a character
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I’ll have to make sure to have some butter today. 😀 Her show was always so much fun to watch–and she wasn’t afraid to make mistakes.
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Exactly, she embraces them ! Enjoy your butter
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Hahaha… “With Enough Butter Anything is Good” ❤ ❤
Spirituality Awakening
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right!
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She was a joy. I never cooked or aspired to cook like her. But something about her made me happy.
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she fully embraced life, just charged ahead, no matter what happened, and made the best of things
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There are lessons there.
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So many
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It’s my birthday too! Makes sense. She likes to cook, and I like to eat!
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kindred spirits – happy birthday!
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Everything is better with butter. I learned that from Julia!
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yes!
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amen to that! food is one of the great, unequivocal pleasures of life 🙂 just come from a great meal at my daughter’s place; will sleep well tonight 🙂
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it is, and excellent!
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She was a treasure, for sure, Beth, in which our generation can continue to revel.
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James Beard had a house in our little town and Julia would visit. She was a force of nature.
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She was definitely her own person. 🙂 Quirky, interesting and a force of nature.
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everything is better with butter!
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I’m sure you’ve seen this Saturday Night Live skit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSxv6IGBgFQ
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A classic that I love. She even talked about it her her book and was very flattered, finding it hilarious
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Delicious, beth.
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🧈 !
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I’m 62, and still have not started cooking…
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There’s still time! And I’m guessing you already know butter, so you’re halfway there
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I’m too stuck in my ways, plus, I don’t use butter. the sacrifices us vegans have to make… 🙂
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🧈☹️🥬🍒😄!
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For all the fine cuisine Julia Child created, she was still a fan of junk food: she loved hot dogs, and when McDonald’s started cooking their fries in vegetable oil instead of lard, she wrote a letter of protest.
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Well, who among us didn’t protest that move?
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Exactly )
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There you go! She had her standards)
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And I spot our heroine the Butter Cow in Photo #2!
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There you go!
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Happy birthday Julia – terrific homage!
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Here’s to Julia!
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I watch Julia and Julie every year. It surprised me that she never wanted to meet Julie who adored her so!
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Interesting, isn’t it?
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Loved watching her on TV…that amazing voice!
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She was unique I so many ways
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ha I am still just eting. I am still learnng.
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We all are )
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I remember watching her on PBS! What a trip. Plus that Julia movie with Meryl was good too. She’s totally into butter and it definitely makes a lot of things taste better 🙂
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Yes, she was always so fun and the butter was a big part of it all
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I read this aloud to my daughter and we both had a great laugh to start the day. I’d like to see your stick of whittled butter. 😉 Julia C. was quite the woman. Going where no woman had gone before. I so admired her. I’m still just eating though. 😉
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Everyone in their own time and pace and way
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Her love of cooking – and life – was as big as she was. I admired the fact that she learned to cook later in life, after having been a spy! And she was all about finding a way. She also said, “if you’re afraid of butter, use cream”. 😋
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Yes, she had such an Interesting life !
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She was the best! And, the queen of butter. Thanks for this post, Beth!
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My pleasure, and she was!
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😍
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I’ve mentioned this a lot in blogs, but I SO wanted Julia Childs to be my mother. Loved watching her, as a kid. Thanks for the memories, Beth!
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i read her bio and became even more fascinated by her
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