Julia Child

In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child's years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found "her true calling." From the moment she and her husband Paul, who worked for the USIS, arrived in the fall of 1948, Julia had an awakening that changed her life. Soon this tall, outspoken gal from Pasadena, California, who didn't speak a word of French and knew nothing about the country, was steeped in the language, chatting...

"By 1963, Julia Child had already achieved widespread recognition as the bestselling author of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, but it wasn't until her television debut with The French Chef that she became the superstar we know and love today. Over the course of ten seasons, millions of Americans learned not only how to cook, but how to embrace food. The series completely changing the way that we eat today, and it earned Julia a Peabody Award...

Julia Child prepares Bouillabaise, the famous French fish chowder. Skills include what fish to use, how to make a fish stock, how to cut and prepare the fish, how to make the bouillabaisse and how to serve it.

Julia Child prepares sauteed chicken livers and hot and cold mousse of chicken livers, and illustrates how to prepare chicken livers for sauteeing, how to saute, how to make a Madeira sauce for chicken livers or other meats, how to make a chicken liver mousse, how to unmold a mousse and how to serve a mousse.

Julia Child makes a magnificent French dessert -- Charlotte Malakoff -- that is a party in itself.

Julia Child shows you how to wash, trim, slice, chop, flute, stew, and saute mushrooms and how to serve them under glass.

Rice and onion Soubise, mushroom Duxelles and Sauce Mornay transform roast veal into a dish from the "haute cuisine."

Julia Child shows how ordinary ingredients and simple methods can produce a famous beef stew.