Julia Child's Pâte a Brioche Recipe

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Pâte A Brioche 

For a 6- to 7-cup baking mold, or 8 muffin cups 

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When Julia and WGBH Went to Provence

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In the late 1960s, after great success with her cooking show, The French Chef, Julia Child returned to France to work on a second volume of her cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. She became concerned with what she saw as the disappearance of hand-crafted foods during that progressive era of mechanization, and in 1970 she made arrangements for WGBH's television crew to visit France and shoot The French Chef on location. She wanted to not only show Americans the origins of her cooking techniques, but to document a vanishing way of life.

David Atwood was director of the WGBH crew who worked with Julia. They made their way from Provence to Normandy, stopping to film the making of pâté pantin with a butcher in Plascassier, to feast on pressed duck in Rouen and suffer the heat along with properly made French bread inside a medieval bakery in Paris. Atwood describes Child as the ringmaster of all the moving parts that went into filming the mini-documentaries and what a joy it was to work with her.

Slideshow Credits

Photos by David Atwood and Paul Child (part of Child's collection at Harvard University, Schlesinger Library).
Film stills: camera, Peter Hoving.
Text from My Life in France, by Julia Child and Alex Prud'homme (Knopf, 2006).
Music by Brise Napolitaine (CC)
Interview Audio: Bob Seay/WGBH Radio

Julia on Location in France: Monsieur Deblieux's Pâttisserie

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Recipe from The French Chef: Napoleons — Millefeuilles

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Some of the handsomest items on the pastry tray in a good restaurant or bake shop are the rectangular Napoleons, their white toppings covered with decorative lines of dark chocolate. When you cut into one, you find layers of kirsch-flavored cream sandwiched between layers of light, buttery pastry. They are a treat for dessert, for a snack at the coffee break, and look beautiful on a buffet or tea table.

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Give Us Your Julia Child Caption and Enter to Win

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Write a caption and enter to win tickets to the Artisan Taste
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The French Chef: Napoleons — Millefeuilles

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About Julia Child 100

Cooking legend Julia Child introduced French cuisine to American cooks in 1963 with WGBH’s pioneering television series, The French Chef. She was passionate about food and she changed the way Americans cook and eat. Find new pieces about Julia here every day — from tributes to early programs to cooking tips and recipes. As Julia herself said, "Bon appétit!"


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