Book · 1983 · Cooking, French

Mastering the Art of French Cooking

by Julia Child, Simone Beck, Louisette Bertholle · Recommended by 2 people on 1 podcast

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These were her two classics and put together 781 recipes between the two of them.
Josh Clark · Stuff You Should Know · Nov 2025 Listen at 41:50

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  • Discussion of the classic cookbook“volumes one and two”
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Within 10 years of being at Lordon Blue, uh she had sold her bestselling cookbook that you just bought, I guess. Did you get the OG? Yeah. Yeah. What's the name of that? Mastering the art of French cooking.
Chuck Bryant Stuff You Should Know · Nov 2025
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She recognized that in Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
Josh Clark Stuff You Should Know · Nov 2025
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One of the things she talks about Mastering the Art of French Cooking was that with American bacon, you have to blanch it first to remove the smoky flavor.
Josh Clark Stuff You Should Know · Nov 2025

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Josh Clark So, Chuck, uh, you said you mentioned the Mastering the Art of French Cooking, this, um, cookbook that, um,… 5
Discussed
“So, Chuck, uh, you said you mentioned the Mastering the Art of French Cooking, this, um, cookbook that, um, Julia Child made with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertol.”
Discussed
“So she was the editor who got the diary of Anne Frank out to the English-speaking world. So she already had a pretty great uh nose for this kind of thing and she recognized that in mastering the art of French cooking.”
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“uh when she was, you know, uh promoting her cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, I finally got it. She went on PBS uh at WGBH there in Boston for a book review show called I've Been Reading Ellipsies.”
Discussed
“So, Chuck, we talked about volumes one and two of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. We should say in addition to the string of successful TV shows, she had a bunch of cookbooks, but these were her two classics and put together 781 recipes between the two of them.”
Discussed
“One of the things she talks about mastering the art of French cooking was that with American bacon, you have to blanch it first to remove the smoky flavor.”
Chuck Bryant Within 10 years of being at Lordon Blue, uh she had sold her bestselling cookbook that you just bought, I g… 1
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“Within 10 years of being at Lordon Blue, uh she had sold her bestselling cookbook that you just bought, I guess. Did you get the OG? Yeah. Yeah. What's the name of that? Mastering the art of French cooking.”

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“Julia Child was 49 when she lished mastering the art of French cooking”