by Bob Spitz
Steinway family
Stern, Howard
Stevens, Betty
Stevens, Carol
Stevens, Francis
Stevens, Francis, Jr.
Stevens, George, 2.1, 2.2
Stilwell, Joseph
Storm, Gale
Strand
Streep, Meryl
Succès, Le
supermarkets, 14.10, 14.1, 19.1, 19.2
Sweden, food in
Technique, La (Pépin),
television
book promotion on, prl.1, prl.2, 19.1, 22.1
color
cooking on, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 21.1, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 24.1, 24.2, 25.1, 25.2
see also Baking with Julia; Cooking with Master Chefs; Dinner at Julia’s; French Chef, The; In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs; Julia and Jacques; Julia Child and Company; Julia Child and More Company
development of
drinking on
first presidential debate on, 17.1, 17.2
growth of, prl.1, 12.1, 17.1, 19.1
James Beard’s attempts at, 16.1, 17.1, 21.1
Julia’s iconic status on
Julia’s success on, prl.1, prl.2, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4, 18.5, 18.6, 18.7, 18.8, 19.1, 21.1, 22.1, 22.2, 24.1; see also Child, Julia, celebrity of
live, prl.1, 17.1, 18.1
Mastering promotion on, prl.1, prl.2, prl.3, prl.4, 16.1, 16.2; see also French Chef, The
wine on, 17.1, 18.1
television, educational
early days of, prl.1, prl.2, prl.3, prl.4, prl.5, 17.1, 18.1
growth of
Julia’s commitment to
Julia’s impact on, prl.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 19.1
viewing measurement in
women on
see also PBS; WGBH
Television Kitchen
Teresa, Mother
Terry, Arthur
Terry, Bern
Thanksgiving
Theosophy
Thibault, Jean-François, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2
Thilmont, Claude
Thiry, Ellie
This Old House
Tijuana, Mexico
Time, 3.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 19.5, 19.6, 19.7, 20.1, 23.1, 23.2, 25.1
Time-Life, see Foods of the World
Today, 16.1, 22.1, 25.1
Tommy (gangster)
Tomorrow
Tonight Show, The
To the Queen’s Taste
Tournament of Roses
Tower, Jeremiah, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 23.1, 23.2, 25.1, 25.2
Travis, Mrs.
tripou
Troisgros, Pierre and Jean
Trotter, Charlie
Troy
Truffaut, François
Truite, La
Truman, Harry
Truslow, Bill, 24.1, 24.2, 25.1, 26.1
Turgenev, Ivan
turkey
TV Guide, 17.1, 18.1, 19.1, 21.1
Twain, Mark
Ubell, Alvin
Uncle Ben’s
Union Oyster House
Unité d ’ Habitation
United States
chickens in
Childs ’ return to, 14.1, 14.2, 14.10
cookbooks in, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 21.1, 24.1
culinary education in
French food knowledge in, 9.1, 11.1; see also cooking, French, American adaptation of; Mastering the Art of French Cooking
French ingredients in, 11.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 19.1, 19.2, 20.1
fresh fish availability in
labor unrest in
meat consumption in
Paul’s opinion of
wine drinking in, 14.1, 17.1, 25.1
see also food, American
United States Information Agency (USIA), 14.1, 14.2
Updike, John, 15.1, 15.2, 19.1, 23.1
utensils, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 15.1, 18.1, 19.1
Valentine, Mamie
Valley Hunt Club, 1.1, 4.1
Varenne Pratique, La (Willan),
veal, 24.1, 25.1
veal blanquette, 9.1, 10.1
veal roast
Veau d’or, Le
Véfour, Jean
vegetables
vegetarians, 24.1, 27.1
Verdon, René, 16.1, 23.1, 23.2
Vergé, Roger, 21.1, 21.2, 23.1, 25.1
vichyssoise
Victory Garden, The, 21.1, 22.1
Vietnam War
Vogue, 19.1, 20.1
Voice of America
Vongerichten, Jean-Georges, 25.1, 25.2
W. & J. Sloane, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2
Warhol, Andy
War Lover, The (Hersey),
Warren, Robert Penn
Washburn, Betty
Washington, D.C.
Childs ’ early married life in
Childs ’ house in, 14.10, 18.1
Childs ’ return to, 14.1, 14.10, 14.2
Julia’s wartime service in, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2
Washington Post
Waters, Alice, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 25.1, 25.2
Waxman, Jonathan, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 23.1
Way to Cook, The, 24.1
Way to Cook, The (Child), 23.1, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4, 24.5
WCBB
Wedemeyer, Albert, 7.1, 7.2
Weinstock, Herbert
Wells, Patricia
WENH
Westinghouse, 3.1, 26.1
Weston, Byron Curtis
Weston, Donald, 1.1, 2.1
Weston, Dorothy Deane, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2
Weston, Edward
Weston, Julia
Weston, Louise
Weston, Nellie
Weston, Philip, 1.1, 3.1
Weston, Theodora, 3.1, 3.2
WGBH, 24.1, 24.2, 25.1
Cooking with Master Chefs rejection by, 25.1, 25.2
Dinner at Julia’s production by, 23.1, 23.2
early days of, prl.1, prl.2, prl.3, prl.4, 17.1, 18.1
French Chef production by, prl.1, prl.2, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 18.1, 18.2, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 20.1, 21.1
growth of
Julia Child and Company production by, 21.1, 21.2, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4
Julia’s generosity toward, 19.1, 22.1
Julia’s impact on, prl.1, prl.2, prl.3, 17.1, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2
Julia’s Norway program on
What’s Cooking in France (Beck and Bertholle), 11.1, 11.2
What’s New in the Kitchen
White, Jasper, 21.1, 22.1, 22.2, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 23.4, 24.1, 24.2, 25.1, 25.2, 27.1, 27.2
White, Theodore, 6.1, 7.1
White House Red Carpet, The, 20.1, 20.2
WHYY
Wilde, Oscar
Willan, Anne, 21.1, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 24.1
William Morrow
Wilson, José
wine
American attitudes toward, 14.1, 17.1, 25.1
California
Julia’s introduction to
Julia’s use of, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 24.1, 25.1, 27.1
Paul’s collection of, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 11.1, 12.1, 16.1, 21.1, 22.1, 23.1
on television, 17.1, 18.1
WNET
Wolf, Clark, 16.1, 16.2, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 24.1, 27.1, 27.2
Wolfert, Paula
Woman’s Day, 14.1, 14.2
women
in American cooking, 23.1, 23.2, 25.1
college education of, 3.1, 3.2
conventional lives of, 10.1, 16.1
at Cordon Bleu, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2
on educational television
in embassy society
in French cooking, 10.1, 11.1, 13.1, 27.1
Julia’s views on, 22.1, 25.1
Mastering’s popularity with, 16.1, 16.2
1960s ’ effect on
Paul’s interest in, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
post–World War II struggle of
in publishing industry, 15.1, 15.2
televis
ion programming for, 17.1, 17.2
World War II service of, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service (Waves), 4.1, 5.1
Women’s Army Corps (Wacs)
Women’s Culinary Guild
World War II, 5.1, 7.1
Julia’s service in, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2
Marseille’s destruction in
in Norway
Paul’s service in, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
U.S. debate over
women’s roles in
WPBT
WQED
Wright, Peg
Wrigley, William
Yenching University
Yntema, Peggy
Young, Loretta
Zanuck, Darryl
PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS
Photographs in this work are used by permission and courtesy of the following:
The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts: ill6.2, ill13.1, and ill19.1
The Collection of Patricia McWilliams: prl.2, ill2.1, and ill8.1
The Collection of Carol McWilliams Gibson: ill3.1, 4.1, and ill4.2
The Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University: frontispiece and prl.1, ill6.1, ill9.1, ill10.1, ill12.1, ill14.1, ill16.1, ill18.1, ill20.1,ill20.2, ill23.1, ill24.2, and ill26.2
WGBH Educational Foundation: ill7.1
Marian and Russell Morash: ill24.1
Geoffrey Drummond: ill26.1
Edie Baskin: ill21.1
Judith Jones: ill14.2
A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bob Spitz is the award-winning author of The Beatles, a New York Times best seller, as well as seven other nonfiction books and a screenplay. He has represented the careers of Bruce Springsteen and Elton John in several capacities. His articles appear regularly in magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times Magazine; The Washington Post; Rolling Stone; and O, The Oprah Magazine, among others. He can be reached at [email protected].
ALSO BY BOB SPITZ
The Saucier’s Apprentice
The Beatles: The Biography
Shoot Out the Lights
Dylan: A Biography
Barefoot in Babylon
The Making of Superstars
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! (young adult)
The Silent Victim (screenplay)
