Comments on: When Cooking Was Cookery, Not Celebrity http://blogging.la/2009/07/28/when-cooking-was-cookery-not-celebrity/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Queequeg http://blogging.la/2009/07/28/when-cooking-was-cookery-not-celebrity/comment-page-1/#comment-23001 Queequeg Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:36:53 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=31698#comment-23001 Ah, that reminds me, Burns!, that Julia was a local as well - from Pasadena, in fact. And @fsharp4565, I too wish, wish "her kind of teaching" would come back. "America's Test Kitchen" is the closest show I can think of, but their you-must-do-it-this-way attitude often sucks away all the fun that cooking is supposed to entail. Ah, that reminds me, Burns!, that Julia was a local as well – from Pasadena, in fact.

And @fsharp4565, I too wish, wish “her kind of teaching” would come back. “America’s Test Kitchen” is the closest show I can think of, but their you-must-do-it-this-way attitude often sucks away all the fun that cooking is supposed to entail.

]]> By: Burns! http://blogging.la/2009/07/28/when-cooking-was-cookery-not-celebrity/comment-page-1/#comment-23000 Burns! Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:56:12 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=31698#comment-23000 Julia was a fantastic teacher. Don't know if I've mentioned it before, but I once had occasion to wait on Julia (along with Robert & Margrit Mondavi) at a restaurant in Pasadena. She was delightful. And boy, could she put away some scotch; gotta love a woman who can really hold her liquor. Julia was a fantastic teacher. Don’t know if I’ve mentioned it before, but I once had occasion to wait on Julia (along with Robert & Margrit Mondavi) at a restaurant in Pasadena. She was delightful. And boy, could she put away some scotch; gotta love a woman who can really hold her liquor.

]]> By: fsharp4565 http://blogging.la/2009/07/28/when-cooking-was-cookery-not-celebrity/comment-page-1/#comment-22999 fsharp4565 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:40:14 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=31698#comment-22999 Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this. Julia was a once in a lifetime treasure that should never be forgotten. The utter simplicity and art of a perfectly done omelet is lost in these days of molecular gastronomy. Sure the chef's of today have the utmost respect for Julia but her kind of teaching has gone the route of the LP vinyl album...pure nostalgia. And that is a shame. Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this. Julia was a once in a lifetime treasure that should never be forgotten. The utter simplicity and art of a perfectly done omelet is lost in these days of molecular gastronomy. Sure the chef’s of today have the utmost respect for Julia but her kind of teaching has gone the route of the LP vinyl album…pure nostalgia. And that is a shame.

]]> By: Annika Barranti http://blogging.la/2009/07/28/when-cooking-was-cookery-not-celebrity/comment-page-1/#comment-22998 Annika Barranti Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:17:53 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=31698#comment-22998 That clip is so incredibly delightful. Now I want to hunt down every episode of The French Chef and just do nothing but watch them all day. That clip is so incredibly delightful. Now I want to hunt down every episode of The French Chef and just do nothing but watch them all day.

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