On Sun 27 Jul 2008 12:35:01p, Andy told us...

> Wayne Boatwright said...
>
>> On Sun 27 Jul 2008 08:57:03a, Billy told us...
>>
>>> On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:38:29 -0500, George Shirley
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>He's what some call a "celebrity" chef, in Fall River he was just
>>>>another cook.
>>>
>>> That's kind of like saying Julia Child was just a file clerk at OSS
>>> Emergency Sea Rescue Equipment Section .
>>
>> Hardly. Emeril is more entertainer than chef/cook, at least on TV. He
>> became creative in the microcosm of established New Orleans cuisine, had
>> great promoters, and a drive to propel him to stellar proportions.
Julia
>> Child made an intense hands-on study of French cuisine (mainly because
>> she couldn't really cook and wanted to learn to cook to please her
>> husband), "translated" the art of French cooking for the American
public,
>> and turned the course of American cooks' approach to food and cooking
>> from "Mamie Eisenhower bland" to a far more educated palate and the
>> inspiration to do so. PBS almost reluctantly put her on the air and
was
>> very unsure of what success the program might have.
>
>
> Absolutely disagree! Julia was a good cook before the show aired.
>
> Andy
>

Andy, read it again. That's not what I said. Julia had become a very
accomplished cook and baker in France before returning to the US, and had
co-authored Mastering the Art of Frech Cooking before doing the TV show.
She was also extremely shy in many areas. PBS was at first a bit reticent
because they didn't know if the show would have appeal.

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