by Bob Spitz
Julia’s relationship with, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 13.1, 13.2, 20.1, 21.1, 22.1, 25.1, 27.1
marriage of
as Mastering recipe tester
Paris stay of, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1
Paul’s relationship with, 10.1, 11.1
physical appearance of, 4.1, 8.1, 10.1
theatrical career of, 8.1, 10.1, 10.2
McWilliams, James
McWilliams, Jo, 1.1, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
McWilliams, John, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 2.1
McWilliams, John, III, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 4.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 12.1, 14.1, 15.1, 21.1, 25.1
McWilliams, John, Jr.
Caro’s relationship with, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2
death of
family fortune of, 1.1, 1.2
Francis Stevens’s friendship with, 2.1, 2.2
John Sr.’s influence on, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6
Julia’s inheritance from, 18.1, 24.1
Julia’s relationship with, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 10.1, 10.2, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 16.1, 17.1
parenting ideas of, 2.1, 2.2
Paul’s relationship with, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 10.2, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1
political views of, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 10.2, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 16.1, 17.1
second marriage of
social status of, 1.1, 2.1, 4.1
McWilliams, Julia Carolyn Weston (Caro), 1.1, 1.2, 22.1
cooking ability of
death of, 4.1, 4.2
health problems of, 3.1, 4.1
individualism of
John Sr.’s relationship with, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1
Julia’s inheritance from, 4.1, 9.1, 10.1, 15.1, 18.1, 24.1
Julia’s relationship with, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1
married life of, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2
parenting ideas of
pregnancies of, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2
Smith College ties of, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 20.1
social status of, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
wedding of
Weston family position of, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1
McWilliams, Mary Dana, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2
McWilliams, Patti
McWilliams, Philadelphia O ’ Melveny (Phila), 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 12.1, 22.1
McWilliams, Rachel
McWilliams family, prl.1
Mead, Margaret
meat, 14.1, 15.1, 24.1, 25.1
French vs. American, 11.1, 13.1
Meat and Poultry (Lucas),
Meddeb, Monsef
media
Craig Claiborne’s position in
Julia’s image in, 18.1, 18.2, 19.1, 20.1
see also television
Méditerranée, La
Mehta, Sonny
men, Julia’s interest in, 24.1, 25.1, 27.1
Merlis, George, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 22.5
Merritt, Hulett
Michaud, 9.1, 21.1
Midwick Country Club, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig
Millau, Christian
Millay, Edna St. Vincent
Miller, Arthur
Miller, Bryan
Miller, Mark, 22.1, 22.2
Miller, Perry
Milliken, Mary Sue
Miloradovich, Milo
Minette
Minou, 26.1, 27.1, 27.2
Miró, Joan
Miss Capen’s School
Mitchell, Experience
Mitchell, Julia Clark
Moffly, Charlie
Mondavi, Margrit, 22.1, 23.1
Mondavi, Robert, 22.1, 22.2, 23.1, 24.1, 27.1
monkfish
Montecito Park, Calif., 2.1, 22.1
Moore, Jack, 5.1, 5.2
Morash, Marian, prl.1, prl.2, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 21.1, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 23.4, 24.1, 24.2, 25.1, 25.2
Morash, Russ, prl.1, 19.1, 20.1, 21.1, 24.1, 24.2, 25.1, 26.1
in Dinner at Julia’s production, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 23.4, 23.5, 23.6, 23.7
in French Chef production, prl.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5, 17.6, 17.7, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4, 18.5, 19.1
in Julia Child and Company production, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 22.1, 22.2
in Julia’s Mastering cooking demonstration, prl.1, prl.2, prl.3, prl.4
in Julia’s Norway program, 24.1, 24.2
in Way to Cook production, 24.1
More Cooking in Concert, 26.1, 27.1, 27.2
Morello, Elaine
Morgenthau, Henry, III
Mouans-Sartoux, France
Moulton, Sara, 20.1, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 22.5, 23.1, 26.1, 27.1
Mountbatten, Louis, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1
Mount Wilson, 1.1, 4.1
mousse
Mowrer, Paul and Hadley
Mulford, Prentice
Mumford, Lewis
Museum of Modern Art
music
mussels marinière
My Dinner with Andre
My Life in France (Child),
Naipaul, V. S.
Nalèche, Henri de
Napoleon I, Emperor of France
Nathan’s
National Educational Television (NET), 18.1, 18.2, 19.1
see also television, educational
National Livestock and Meat Board
National Observer
National Planning Association
Natural Resources Defense Council
navarin printanier
NBC
Neptune Society
Nevins, Katie, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
New Book of Cookery, A (Farmer),
New James Beard, The (Beard),
Newsweek, 3.1, 20.1, 25.1
New York, N.Y.
Depression-era
food community in, 16.1, 16.2, 19.1, 19.2, 22.1, 23.1
French restaurants in, 16.1, 19.1
Julia’s opinion of
Julia’s post-college time in
1930’s restaurant scene in
1960’s restaurant scene in, 16.1, 16.2, 19.1
New Yorker, 3.1, 19.1
New York Review of Books
New York’s Master Chefs
New York Times, 2.1, 6.1, 8.1, 14.1, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2, 23.1, 24.1, 25.1
New York Times Magazine
Nicolas (wine merchant)
1960s
cultural change in, prl.1, prl.2, 19.1, 21.1
1970s
Nitze, Paul, 6.1, 9.1
Nixon, Richard, 8.1, 17.1, 17.2
Norway
Childs ’ life in, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 15.6, 17.1
food in, 15.1, 15.2, 24.1
Julia’s television special on
Paul’s posting to
post–World War II
Nouveau Guide, Le
nouvelle cuisine
Nova
O’ Connor, Norman J.
Odell, Ill.
Ó Faoláin, Seán
Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
anti-Communist witch-hunt in
Emergency Rescue Equipment Section (ERES) of
Julia’s assignment with, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
Paul’s assignment with, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
Visual Presentation (VP) branch of
Ogden, Bradley
Olio e Limone, 27.1, 27.2
Oliver, Raymond
Olive’s
Olney, Richard, 9.1, 21.1, 22.1, 23.1
Omaha Steaks
omelet, prl.1, prl.2, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
Onassis, Jackie, see Kennedy, Jacqueline
103 Irving Street, prl.1, 15.1, 18.1, 21.1, 27.1
Childs ’ move to
entertaining at, 21.1, 23.1, 24.1, 25.1
Julia’s departure from
Julia’s profe
ssional life at
Paul’s artwork at, 21.1, 26.1, 26.2
Paul’s French bread experiments at, 20.1, 20.2
refrigerator at
television filming at, 25.1, 25.2, 26.1, 27.1, 27.2
onion soup, 12.1, 27.1
onion soup gratinée, 18.1, 18.2
Oslo, Norway
Childs ’ house in, 15.1, 24.1
Childs ’ life in, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 15.6, 17.1, 24.1
Paul’s posting to
Outhier, Louis
oysters portugaises
Packard Commercial School
Palladin, Jean-Louis, 25.1, 25.2
Palomar telescope
Parade, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 24.1
Paradise Café
Paris, France
Childs ’ flat in,; see also Roo de Loo
Childs ’ leaving of
Childs ’ life in, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 14.1, 14.2
Childs ’ return visits to
Childs ’ social life in, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1
Dort’s time in, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1
John McWilliams’s visit to, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
markets in
Paul’s posting to
rebuilding of
restaurants in, 9.1, 10.1, 21.1
union strikes in
Parker, Betty
Parker, Eleanor
Parker House
Pasadena, Calif.
early twentieth-century food scene in
growth of, 1.1, 1.2, 4.1
health crazes in
John McWilliams’s influence in
Julia’s social life in, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5
Julia’s upbringing in, prl.1, prl.2, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 22.1
Mastering promotion in,
McWilliamses ’ move to
natural resources of, 1.1, 1.2
Paul’s opinion of, 14.1, 16.1
society in, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2
Pasadena Evening Post
Pasadena Playhouse
Pasadena Star News
pastry, 15.1, 20.1
see also baking
Patterson, Suzy, 24.1, 24.2
Pavillon, Le
PBS, 18.1, 20.1, 26.1, 27.1
scheduling on, 22.1, 23.1
see also television, educational
Pearl Harbor
Pei, I. M.
Peking, China
Pellaprat, Henri-Paul, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 16.1
People Are Reading, prl.1, prl.2, prl.3, prl.4, prl.5, 17.1
Pépin, Jacques, prl.1, prl.2, 7.1, 14.1, 19.1, 19.2, 21.1, 22.1, 24.1, 24.2, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 26.1, 26.2, 26.3, 26.4, 26.5, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 27.4, 27.5, 27.6
pesticides
PETA, 24.1, 25.1
Pharamond
Philbin, Regis, 26.1, 26.2
Picard, George
Picasso, Pablo
Pierre restaurant
pig, roast suckling
Pitchoune, La, 19.1, 19.2, 20.1, 20.2, 21.1, 21.2, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3
building of
Childs ’ social life at, 20.1, 20.2, 21.1, 22.1
Julia’s last visit to
kitchen at
Mastering II work at, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4, 20.5, 20.6
Pitt, Brad
Planned Parenthood, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 25.1, 27.1
Plascassier, France, 18.1, 20.1
see also Bramafam; Pitchoune, La
Playhouse 90
Plittersdorf, Germany
Childs ’ flat in
Childs ’ life in, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
Julia’s cookbook work in, 14.1, 14.2
Polaroid, 18.1, 23.1
Polk, Willis
Polytechnic School
pommes de terre Byron
Poorhouse Fair, The (Updike),
Portale, Alfred
potages
poulet bonne femme
poulet d ’ Honfleur
poulet farci au gros sel
poulet rôti
poulet rôti à la normande
poultry, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4
see also chicken
Pratt, Davis
Pratt, Herb, 21.1, 23.1
Pratt, Pat, 9.1, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 22.1, 23.1, 24.1, 27.1
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Prévot, Jean-Claude
Princeton University, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1
Pritikin, Nathan
Privileged Son (McDougal),
Prohibition, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Provençal cooking, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2
Provence, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3
see also Bramafam; Pitchoune, La
Prud’homme, Alex, 11.1, 24.1, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 27.4, 27.5
Prud’homme, Erica
Prudhomme, Paul
Prunier
public television, see television, educational
publishing industry
Avis’s connections in, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 15.1, 15.2
early 1960’s promotional efforts in, prl.1, prl.2
Irma Rombauer’s experience with
Julia’s dealings with, 12.1, 15.1, 20.1, 26.1
Julia’s early interest in, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 12.1
Julia’s opinion of, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 15.1, 21.1
Julia’s success in, 19.1, 20.1, 21.1, 21.2, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 24.1, 26.1
McCarthy’s targeting of
women in, 15.1, 15.2
see also Alfred A. Knopf; Houghton Mifflin; Ives Washburn
Puck, Wolfgang, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 22.5, 23.1
Pullman, George
Putnam, Sumner, 11.1, 12.1
PX, 11.1, 11.2
quiche
quiche Lorraine
Rabbit Run (Updike),
Radcliffe, Irene
Rainbow Room
rascasse
Ravenholt, Al
Ray, Rachael
RCA
Reagan, Nancy
Reagan, Ronald, 20.1, 22.1, 22.2, 26.1
Reed College
Reine de Saba
religion, Julia’s views on, 2.1, 17.1
Répertoire de la cuisine (Saulnier),
Republican Party
Resnais, Alain
Restaurant des Artistes, Le
Restaurant Jasper
Rhetoric: Principles and Usage (Duhamel),
Riley, Ed
Riley, Winnie, 10.1, 10.2
Ripperger, Helmut, 11.1, 12.1
Ritz
Ritz-Carlton
River Club
Rockefeller, John D.
Rockefeller, John D., Jr.
Rockefeller, Nelson
rockfish
Rockwell, Norman
Roden, Claudia
Rogers, Will
rognons
Romagnolis
Rombauer, Irma
Ronstadt, Linda
Roo de Loo
Childs ’ leaving of, 12.1, 12.2
Dort’s time at, 10.1, 11.1
kitchen in, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 14.1
refurbishment of
Roosevelt, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2
Roosevelt, John
Rose Bowl
Rosso, Julee
Rostang, Michel
Roth, Philip
Rouen, France, 8.1, 9.1
Russia
abstract art ban in
Communist expansion of, 9.1, 11.1, 11.2
Saarinen, Eero, 6.1, 9.1, 19.1
Sailland, Maurice Edmond, see Curnonsky, Prince
Saint-Ange, Madame, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1
St. Petersburg Independent
Salada Tea Building
Sam Adams
Sandburg, Carl
Sanford, Richard, 22.1, 22.2, 23.1, 23.2, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 27.4, 27.5, 27.6, 27.7
Sanford, Thekla, 22.1, 23.1, 24.1, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 27.4, 27.5
San Francisco Culinary Academy
San Malo, Ca
lif., 2.1, 4.1, 4.2
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Childs ’ later years in, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 23.1, 24.1, 24.2
Julia’s retirement to, 26.1, 26.2, 27.1, 27.2
restaurant scene in
Sarton, May, 6.1, 9.1
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 9.1, 15.1, 15.2
Saturday Evening Post, 16.1, 18.1, 18.2
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Review, 3.1, 5.1
sauces, 10.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1
Savenor, Jack
Schine, David
Schlesinger, Arthur, prl.1, 15.1
Schlesinger Library
Schmidt, Jimmy
Schrafft’s
Schulberg, Budd, 9.1, 12.1
Schulte, Tony, 21.1, 21.2
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
Science Reporter
Seagram Building
Seasons
Seine-Maritime valley
Selby-Wright, Sonya
Senderens, Alain
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks of, 27.1
sex, Julia’s attitude toward, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 12.1, 14.1
Seymour, Whitney North, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3n
Shady Hill School
Shapiro, Laura
Sheeline, Paul
Shelton, Jack
Sheraton, Mimi
Sherry-Lehmann wines
Shire, Lydia, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 25.1
Shulberg, Budd
Siam, OSS operations in
Sidell, Jack, 23.1, 23.2
Silver Palate Cookbook (Rosso and Lukins), 23.1, 24.1
Silverton, Mark
Silverton, Nancy, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 26.1
Simca, see Fischbacher, Simone Beck
Simca’s Cuisine (Beck),
Simon and Schuster
Simple French Food (Olney), 21.1, 23.1
Skotch Bonnets
Smith, Alex
Smith College
Caro’s connection to, 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Julia’s connections through, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1
Julia’s generosity toward, 20.1, 23.1, 27.1
Julia’s time at, prl.1, prl.2, 3.1, 3.2
liberal politics at, 3.1, 4.1
McCarthy-era accusations against
Nancy Reagan’s graduation from
Smithsonian Institution
smog
Snyder, Tom, 22.1, 26.1
sole
sole meunière, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 13.1, 27.1
Soltner, André, 25.1, 25.2
soufflé, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1
South East Asia Command (SEAC), 5.1, 7.1
Southern California Culinary Guild
Spago
Spice Islands
Spivey, Eric, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 27.4, 27.5, 27.6, 27.7
Spock, Benjamin
Sri Lanka, see Ceylon
Stalin, Joseph
Stars
State Department, U.S.
Communist witch-hunt in, 10.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1
Office of War Information (OWI) at
Paul’s career at, 5.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 15.1, 16.1, 18.1
