Julia Child’s birthday

Today would have been JuliaChild’s 100^th birthday. She was one of the first popular American TV chefs, who developed a penchant for French cuisine whilst living in France in 1948 and literally changed how Americans cooked. Julia Child’s  published book was a best seller: “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” and the first of many more which are still referred to today; a testimony of her great success. She had a television show and became one of the world’s most famous chefs, receiving France’s highest honour the Legion d’Honneur. A film was made in 2009 called “Julie & Julia” starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams which was based on a cooking blog by Julie Powell. I have watched this charming film again and again, appealing to me as I love to cook, and when having a bad day, in pain, and need some distraction, a film like this takes my mind off things and I become engrossed in a delightful story. So tonight I will make something special for dinner in honour of Julia’s birthday – and as she would always say at the end of her programme’s “Bon appétit!”