Appetite For Life_ The Biography Of Julia Child - Part 26
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"Perhaps for the same reason": Don Stanley, "There was this woman splashing eggs about ..." [1970]: clipping.

"our books": Money Money (Oct. 1972): 58. (Oct. 1972): 58.

"nothing but calories": JC quoted in "Ratings from the Gourmets" (cover), "The Burger That Conquered the Country," Time Time (Sept. 17, 1973): 86. (Sept. 17, 1973): 86.

"to find something positive": Karen Hess and John Hess, The Taste of America The Taste of America (NY: Grossman, 1977): 199. (NY: Grossman, 1977): 199.

"McDonald's is good fare": Frederick J. Stare, MD, "Letter to the Editor," Time Time (Oct. 8, 1973): 10. Stare was chairman of Harvard's Department of Nutrition. (Oct. 8, 1973): 10. Stare was chairman of Harvard's Department of Nutrition.

"Deprived by this rejection": Paul Levy, Out to Lunch Out to Lunch (NY: Harper & Row, 1986): 205. (NY: Harper & Row, 1986): 205.

"in response to criticism": John Mariani with Alex von Bidder, The Four Seasons: A History of America's Premier Restaurant The Four Seasons: A History of America's Premier Restaurant (NY: Crown, 1994): 120. (NY: Crown, 1994): 120.

"unique blend": Tomkins, New Yorker New Yorker, 48, 50.

CHAPTER 22.

A TIME OF LOSS (19741977) Unpublished Sources Interviews: JC, DC, Judith Jones 10/7/93, Betty Rosbottom 1/23/97, Rosemary Manell 4/30/93, Jacques Pepin 12/5/95, Ruth Lockwood 5/7/93, Pamela Henstell 5/10/93, Rachel Child 2/24/94, Charlotte Snyder Turgeon 5/23/94, Richard Graff 2/2/96, Narcisse Chamberlain 9/7/94, Anne Willan and Mark Cherniavsky 7/25/93, Steven Raichlen 12/18/95, Douglas Dutton 4/96, Natale Rusconi 5/31/94, Faith h.e.l.ler Willinger 6/7/94, Mimi Sheraton 12/3/95, Karen Hess 12/1/95, Gregory Usher 7/2/93, Paul and Sandra Sheeline 2/26/94, Zanne Early Stewart 11/15/96, Peter k.u.mp 9/22/94, Barbara Kafka 9/22/94, Susy Davidson 2/25/94, Jeffrey Steingarten 10/29/96.

Correspondence: Corinne Pool to NRF, 2/28/94; Pat Brown Clopper to NRF, 7/29/96; JC to Harriet Healy, 7/11/75, 6/12/75, 9/24/76, and 2/23/76; Craig Alan Wilson to NRF, 11/13/96; JC to Henri Gault and Christian Millau, 4/13/76; JC to Peter k.u.mp, 6/11/77.

Archives: Schlesinger: Schlesinger: correspondence, PC to CC (infrequent because of PC's aphasia), JC, SB, LB, Craig Claiborne, MFKF, AD, CC and FC, Elizabeth David, Helen McCully, Anne Willan/Mark Cherniavsky, Robert H. Johnson, Alfred A. Knopf Publishers, Richard Graff, Shirley Sarvis, Narcisse Chamberlain; the Hess file; JC book and article ma.n.u.scripts. correspondence, PC to CC (infrequent because of PC's aphasia), JC, SB, LB, Craig Claiborne, MFKF, AD, CC and FC, Elizabeth David, Helen McCully, Anne Willan/Mark Cherniavsky, Robert H. Johnson, Alfred A. Knopf Publishers, Richard Graff, Shirley Sarvis, Narcisse Chamberlain; the Hess file; JC book and article ma.n.u.scripts. Beinecke: Beinecke: Francis and Hank Brennan, Richard Myers Papers. Francis and Hank Brennan, Richard Myers Papers. Private: Private: Family medical records, JC and PC datebooks, 197477; mss. of JC's Family medical records, JC and PC datebooks, 197477; mss. of JC's McCall's McCall's reviews, itineraries, JC and DC correspondence (courtesy DC). reviews, itineraries, JC and DC correspondence (courtesy DC).

Published Sources "departed from the professorial": Bill Rice, "Julia and Simca: An Enduring Entente," Washington Post Washington Post (Oct. 3, 1974): HI. (Oct. 3, 1974): HI.

"personal [and] no less precise": Mimi Sheraton, "The Best Cookbooks of 1975," New York New York (Nov. 24, 1975): 100. (Nov. 24, 1975): 100.

"wonderfully sensuous": Gail Jennes, "Couple" (cover), People People (Dec. 1, 1975): 51. (Dec. 1, 1975): 51.

"just that Paris PR game,": John Kifner, "The New French Food Revolution? Julia Child Says 'Humph,'" New York Times New York Times (Sept. 5, 1975): L12. (Sept. 5, 1975): L12.

"This food looks fingered": Stephen Wadsworth, "Julia Sums Up," Dial Dial (1980): 23. (1980): 23.

"the apparent culinary equivalent": Robert Clark, James Beard: A Biography James Beard: A Biography (NY: HarperCollins, 1993): 290. (NY: HarperCollins, 1993): 290.

"they might see Fannie Farmer": Laura Shapiro, Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century (NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986): 231. (NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986): 231.

"Obviously somebody was pulling": JC, "'La Nouvelle Cuisine': A Skeptic's View," New York (July New York (July 4, 1977): 32. 4, 1977): 32.

"I never never have anything to do with housewives": quoted in Walter Blum, "The Joy of Julia," have anything to do with housewives": quoted in Walter Blum, "The Joy of Julia," California Living California Living (April 28, 1974): 23. (April 28, 1974): 23.

"We never talk about women": Quoted Wadsworth, Dial Dial, 23.

"gone into restaurant work": "Julia at 80: With Christopher Lydon" (1992), WGBH video.

"it wasn't until": Interview, TV Guide TV Guide (Dec. 5, 1970): 46. Repeated in video of Valley Hunt Club speech. (Dec. 5, 1970): 46. Repeated in video of Valley Hunt Club speech.

"no feminist": Helen Civelli Brown, "Topic-hopping with JC," San Francisco Examiner San Francisco Examiner (Dec. 4, 1975): 29. (Dec. 4, 1975): 29.

"No. I'm from a different generation": Curtis Hartman and Steven Raichlen, "JC: The Boston Magazine Interview," Boston Boston (April 1981): 78. (April 1981): 78.

"is a symbol of women's liberation": Brown, San Francisco Examiner San Francisco Examiner, 29.

"the Women's Liberation Movement": John Mariani, America Eats Out America Eats Out (NY: Morrow, 1991): 217. (NY: Morrow, 1991): 217.

"Western philosophers": Deane W. Curtin and Lisa M. Hendke, Cooking, Eating, Thinking: Transformation Philosophies of Food Cooking, Eating, Thinking: Transformation Philosophies of Food (Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press, 1992): xiii. (Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press, 1992): xiii.

"I guess I am liberated": "Are Liberated Women Happier?" San Francisco Examiner San Francisco Examiner (Sept. 4, 1975): 23. (Sept. 4, 1975): 23.

"public caterwauling" and "packaging": JC, "A White House Menu," New York Times Magazine New York Times Magazine (Jan. 16, 1977): 57. (Jan. 16, 1977): 57.

"a vituperative and angry critique": Clark, Beard Beard, 291. Their book, says Clark, ill.u.s.trates "the Hesses' own immersion in the b.i.t.c.hery and petty subculture they claimed to deplore," 272.

"gourmet plague": John L. Hess and Karen Hess, The Taste of America The Taste of America (NY: Grossman, 1977): 152. (NY: Grossman, 1977): 152.

"French cuisine in America": Karen Hess, "The Gourmet Plague," Atlantic Atlantic (Aug. 1977): 62. (Aug. 1977): 62.

"I'd rather eat them than airline food": Curtis and Raichlen, Boston Boston, 83.

"after a crash course": Hess and Hess, The Taste of America The Taste of America, 191. JC wrote to her friend Robert Manning, the editor of Atlantic Atlantic, that "Mrs. Hess's brutal public flogging is too s.a.d.i.s.tic for enjoyment." George Lang responded on Jan. 3, 1978 (with a copy to JC), to the Hesses' "Palate, Politics and Puffery" in Politicks & Other Human Interests Politicks & Other Human Interests (Oct. 25, 1977): 26. (Oct. 25, 1977): 26.

"the older we get": Beverley Jackson, "Dinner with JC," Santa Barbara News-Press Santa Barbara News-Press (Jan. 9, 1977): D4. (Jan. 9, 1977): D4.

"It's gotten much more expensive": Clifford A. Ridley, "La Cuisine? La Julia!" National Observer National Observer (May 1, 1976): 20. (May 1, 1976): 20.

CHAPTER 23.

THE COMPANY SHE KEEPS (19771980) Unpublished Sources Interviews: JC, Russell and Marian Morash 12/14/94, Henry Becton, Jr., 1/21/97, Ruth Lockwood 5/7/93 and 12/18/94, E. S. (Peggy) Yntema 4/20/95, Betty Rosbottom 12/7/96, Anne Willan 7/25/93, Patricia and Herbert Pratt 5/24/94, Sara Moulton 9/23/94, Janice Goldklang 9/23/94, Jane Friedman 10/31/96, Pamela Henstell 5/10/93, Stephanie Hersh 11/29/94, Maggie Mah 2/4/96, Rosemary Manell 4/30/93, Richard Graff 2/2/96, Jacques Pepin 12/5/95 and 8/31/96, Nancy Verde Barr 12/13/95. Barbara Sims-Bell interview with JC 7/1/89.

Correspondence: Dorothea Freifrau von Stetten to NRF, 7/28/96; Catherine Gewertz to NRF, 7/9/96; Alison Boteler to NRF, 9/15/93; E. S. Yntema to NRF, 2/1/97.

Archives: Schlesinger: Schlesinger: PC letter-diary to CC (intermittent), 197780; mss. and correspondence related to PC letter-diary to CC (intermittent), 197780; mss. and correspondence related to & Company & Company books and TV programs; contracts with ABC; correspondence JC, MFKF, SB, AD, James Beard, E. S. (Peggy) Yntema (contract letter, 12/23/77), Madeleine Kamman, Elizabeth David, Rosemary Manell, Marian Morash, and Shirley Sarvis. books and TV programs; contracts with ABC; correspondence JC, MFKF, SB, AD, James Beard, E. S. (Peggy) Yntema (contract letter, 12/23/77), Madeleine Kamman, Elizabeth David, Rosemary Manell, Marian Morash, and Shirley Sarvis. Private: Private: JC datebooks and records; correspondence JC and DC (courtesy DC). JC datebooks and records; correspondence JC and DC (courtesy DC). Broadway Video: Broadway Video: NBC's NBC's SNL SNL, 12/9/78 (courtesy Mike Bosey). Alfred A. Knopf: Alfred A. Knopf: JC promotion itineraries (courtesy Pamela Henstell). JC promotion itineraries (courtesy Pamela Henstell).

Published Sources "a child who": Jeannette Ferrary, "Julia-Child of Our Times" [review of JC & Company]: JC & Company]: clipping. clipping.

"I don't think": JC interview with Barbara Sims-Bell, July 1, 1989. By January 1978, the following numbers had sold: 803,455,000 copies of the two Mastering Mastering books (Vol. I accounted for 561,115); 259,870 books (Vol. I accounted for 561,115); 259,870 French Chef Cookbook; French Chef Cookbook; 138,301 138,301 Kitchen Kitchen (just pub.)-for a total of 1,201,626. (just pub.)-for a total of 1,201,626.

"I don't do anything": G. S. Boudain, "JC Is Stirring Up More Treats," New York Times New York Times (Dec. 24, 1977): D27. (Dec. 24, 1977): D27.

"Julia knows how": Jack Shelton, "JC Knows How to Listen," Focus Focus, San Francisco's KQED magazine (March 1980): 38.

"I learn something new": Stephen Wadsworth, "Julia Sums Up," Dial Dial (1981): 24. (1981): 24.

"I'd like to get some": Nao Hauser, "JC: Her Life, Her Great Love, and Her Future," Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune (March 3, 1980): 4. (March 3, 1980): 4.

"alone worth the price": Mimi Sheraton (review), New York Times Book Review New York Times Book Review (Dec. 3, 1978): 14. (Dec. 3, 1978): 14.

"syncopated like jazz": Hauser, Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune, 4.

"She gives us": Ferrary, clipping.

"She's a serenely gawky": Wadsworth, Dial Dial, 21.

"rather eat a tablespoon": Cathy Von Klemperer, "JC Returns to Hubbard House," Daily Hampshire Gazette Daily Hampshire Gazette (April 11, 1978): clipping. (April 11, 1978): clipping.

"She only liked food and men": PC quoted by Hauser, Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune, 4.

"As soon as you're off television": quoted in Corby k.u.mmer, "Turning Points: JC," Quest Quest (1980): 104. (1980): 104.

"We were awfully lucky": Hauser, Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune, 1.

"You can't do nothin'": Dan Aykroyd, Sat.u.r.day Night Live Sat.u.r.day Night Live, NBC, Dec. 9, 1978.

"use of her name": "JC Sues Hotel on the Use of Her Name," New York Times New York Times (April 5, 1984): III, 11. (April 5, 1984): III, 11.

"We just KILLED ourselves": Wadsworth, Dial Dial, 23.

"I'm [also] interested in the freshness": Susan Rogers, "Food for Thought from JC," New York Post New York Post (Feb. 18, 1972): 46. (Feb. 18, 1972): 46.

CHAPTER 24.

PACIFIC OVERTURES (19811984) Unpublished Sources Interviews: Interviews with JC, DC, Robert Huttenback 5/7/94, Richard Graff 2/2/96, Alice Waters 2/6/96, Dorothy Cann Hamilton 12/14/95, Mary Tonetti Dorra 5/6/94, Margrit Biever (Mondavi) 2/3/96, Maggie Mah 2/4/96, Rosemary Manell 4/30/93, Elizabeth (Betty) Kubler 9/26/94, Russell and Marian Morash 12/14/94, Ruth Lockwood 5/7/93, Charlotte Snyder Turgeon 5/23/94, Faith h.e.l.ler Willinger 5/7/94, Nancy Verde Barr 12/13/95, Barbara Kafka 9/22/94, Mimi Sheraton 12/3/95, Dun Gifford 12/14/94, Roberta Klugman 5/7/94, Ken Frank 8/26/96, Wolfgang Puck 8/26/96, Barbara Sims-Bell, 9/6/96, George Trescher 10/29/96, Paul Levy 1/30/89, Marion Cunningham 2/9/96, Susy Davidson 2/25/94, Stephanie Hersh 11/29/94, Patricia Wells 9/4/95, Clark Wolf 4/23/96, Jane Bollinger 10/28/96, and Michael McCarty, 3/27/97. Betty Fussell interview with JC and PC 10/27/81. Barbara Sims-Bell interview with JC 10/27/81.

Correspondence: Paul Bohannan to NRF, 7/21/96; Jane Owen Molard to NRF, 9/21/96; Martha Culbertson to NRF, 3/18/95; Richard Graff to JC and others, 10/9/81; Barbara Pool Fenzl to NRF, 9/11/93.

Archives: Schlesinger: Schlesinger: correspondence JC, SB, AD, LB, and James Beard; JC to SB, 11/6/76 (on recipes). correspondence JC, SB, AD, LB, and James Beard; JC to SB, 11/6/76 (on recipes). AIWF AIWF, San Francisco: timeline, historical doc.u.ments, charter, publications. Private: Private: JC datebooks, 198184; JC to President and Mrs. Reagan, 4/14/84; JC files and records. JC datebooks, 198184; JC to President and Mrs. Reagan, 4/14/84; JC files and records.

Published Sources "could effectively lose weight": Robert Clark, James Beard: A Biography James Beard: A Biography (NY: HarperCollins, 1993): 175. (NY: HarperCollins, 1993): 175.

"slender hips": Betty Fussell, typed notes of two-hour taping at ABC Studio, Oct. 27, 1981, for Masters of American Cookery Masters of American Cookery (NY: Times, 1983). (NY: Times, 1983).

"I do solemnly swear": JC, "Recipes That Helped Me Lose 20 Pounds," McCall's McCall's (Oct. 1981): 54. (Oct. 1981): 54.

"Only Moses disrupting the Red Sea": Judy Hevrdejs, "Julia at the Housewares Show," Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune (Jan. 22, 1981): Sec. 7, 3. (Jan. 22, 1981): Sec. 7, 3.

"most important a.s.semblage": Richard H. Graff, "Launching the Inst.i.tute," Journal of Gastronomy Journal of Gastronomy (Summer 1984): 112. Graff's account is a brief summary. (Summer 1984): 112. Graff's account is a brief summary.

"hanging ten on their own": Charles Perry, "Grade 'A' Gourmets," Gourmets," California Magazine California Magazine (Feb. 1982): 27. (Feb. 1982): 27.

"Two of the best cooks": Charles Perry, Laura Ochoa, and Irene Virbila's cover story of the 25th anniversary of Chez Panisse, Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times, Food section (Aug. 22, 1996): Al, H1-2, 8, 10.

"In the early 1980s": Ruth Reichl, "And for Dinner? How About Fun?" New York Times New York Times (March 26, 1997): B1. (March 26, 1997): B1.

"We always have to be ready": Michael S. Lasky, "And a Child Shall Lead Them," Focus Focus (Nov. 1982): 5661. (Nov. 1982): 5661.

"What are your plans": the Dear Abby column ran in multiple cities, June 1982. JC requested that her lawyer, who collected all angry and threatening letters, send her all the Dear Abby/Planned Parenthood mail.

"slogging through viscous mud": Michael Demarest, "Thoroughly American Julia," Time Time (April 18, 1983): 7879. (April 18, 1983): 7879.

"Afro": Barbara Hensen, "JC Acquires Fresh Image for Her New TV Series," Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times (June 9, 1983): VIII, 1. (June 9, 1983): VIII, 1.

"Shows her at her bubbly" and "in a wardrobe": Michael Demarest, "Dinner at Julia's," United United (Oct. 1983): 65, 66. (Oct. 1983): 65, 66.

"convey a sense": John J. O'Connor, "Dinner at Julia's," New York Times New York Times (Nov. 17, 1983): 27. (Nov. 17, 1983): 27.

"cost $1,000 a week": Phyllis C. Richman, "Making Dinner at Julia's," Washington Post Washington Post (April 13, 1983): E1, 16. Other chefs appearing on (April 13, 1983): E1, 16. Other chefs appearing on Dinner at Julia's Dinner at Julia's were Brad Ogden (Kansas City), Leeslee Reiss (Chicago), Jean Claude (Dallas), and Yves Labbe (Miami). were Brad Ogden (Kansas City), Leeslee Reiss (Chicago), Jean Claude (Dallas), and Yves Labbe (Miami).

"the dawning of a new age": Harvey Steiman, "An Extravaganza of American Cuisine," San Francisco Examiner San Francisco Examiner (May 11, 1983): E1. (May 11, 1983): E1.

"A Summit of U.S. Cuisine": Margaret Mallory, "A Summit of U.S. Cuisine," San Francisco Tribune San Francisco Tribune (May 11, 1983): clipping. (May 11, 1983): clipping.

"an important part ... natural role as leaders": William Rice quoted by Steiman, Examiner Examiner, E2.

"Chefs are on a par": JC quoted by Steiman, Examiner Examiner, E2.

"the revolution in food": Maggie Crum, "A Festival of Food & Wine," Contra Costa Times Contra Costa Times (May 11, 1983): D2. Macy's (where Julia gave cooking demonstrations that week), American Express, and (May 11, 1983): D2. Macy's (where Julia gave cooking demonstrations that week), American Express, and Food & Wine Food & Wine magazine (a publication of AmEx) sponsored the "American Celebration," May 35, 1983. magazine (a publication of AmEx) sponsored the "American Celebration," May 35, 1983.

"a kind of Pearl Harbor": Clark, Beard Beard, 32122.

"JC is ... generous": Ann Barr and Paul Levy, The Official Foodie Handbook The Official Foodie Handbook (NY: Arbor House, 1984): 113. (NY: Arbor House, 1984): 113.

"Party Chairman": James Reginato, "Party Chairman," W W (Nov. 1995): 150. (Nov. 1995): 150.

"Two million dollars!": Barr and Levy, Official Foodie Handbook Official Foodie Handbook, 107.

CHAPTER 25.