The Ripple Blog
New Book Alert: “Dinner with the President: Food, Politics and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House”
DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT is a narrative history of American food, politics, and twenty-six presidents, from George Washington starving at Valley Forge in 1777 to Donald Trump’s burger banquets, and Joe Biden’s “performance enhancing” ice cream in 2022. The White House is the most important home in the world, and the meals served there communicate…
Read MoreMy new book, “BORN HUNGRY: Julia Child Becomes “the French Chef” is out, and selling like hot cakes (or maybe croissants)
Born Hungry is a colorful children’s book about how Julia fell in love with her husband Paul during WWII, made her first recipe (for shark repellant!) in Sri Lanka, and learned how to cook delicious meals in la belle France during what she called the “favorite years of my life.” Illustrated by Sarah Green. With…
Read MoreJulie & Julia = Netflix’s #1 Romantic Comedy for V-Day
Happy V-Day (almost) Juliaphiles — Netflix is loving J&J for Sunday viewing – give it a watch, alone or together – and bon appetit! https://netflixlife.com/2021/02/11/netflix-movies-watch-single/
Read MoreBig News – RBG filmmakers next subject is Julia Child!
After charting Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s rise to the top of the legal world, the filmmaking team behind “RBG” is reuniting to tell the story of a different kind of trailblazer: Julia Child, the television chef and cookbook author who taught America how to eat. Co-directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen will examine Child’s unconventional life, one that saw her seize…
Read MorePaul Child photo show, FRANCE IS A FEAST, at CIA/Copia in Napa, CA
Next time you’re in Napa CA check out our Paul Child photo show at the CIA at Copia, and see a young Julia Child discovering French food, and herself, in postwar Paris and Marseille — it’s free, and runs through 9/2/19 On Tour: France is a Feast: the Photographic Journey of Paul & Julia Child…
Read MoreChef Julia Child’s biographer recalls his great aunt and uncle
Back in the halcyon days of August, the esteemed Ellsworth American was kind enough to send reporter Kate Cough to my reading at the Northeast Harbor, Maine, Library. Her report begins like this … NORTHEAST HARBOR —When Julia Child got her first microwave oven “it was this magical space-age thing from NASA,” says her grandnephew Alex…
Read MoreJoin me at the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum 6/7, for lunch and Julia Child stories
Join me at the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum tomorrow (6/7), for a French lunch and stories about Julia Child’s coming of age, from 12-2 PM (res required) — bon appetit! En Plein Aire with French Fare June Luncheon Support the Bartow-Pell Conservancy and join us for an elegant lunch outdoors on the pebble court with a…
Read MoreBreaking news: “France is a Feast” West Coast book tour – first week of May ’18
Happy spring — Katie Pratt and I will pick up where we left off last fall, talking about and showing photos from FRANCE IS A FEAST: the Photographic Journey of Paul and Julia Child. We start on Mon 4/30 at the famous and funky Powell’s Books in Portland, proceed to Elliott Bay Books in Seattle…
Read MoreLet us bend your ear: Alex Prud’homme and Katie Pratt on “Inside Julia’s Kitchen” Podcast
Have a listen, and let me know what you think Episode 4 from “Inside Julia’s Kitchen Podcast: Meet Alex Prud’homme and Katie Pratt. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-julias-kitchen/id1336069813?mt=2&i=1000401706969
Read More‘France Is a Feast’: Photo Exhibit Celebrates Julia Child — Associated Press
Katie Pratt and I teamed with the Napa Valley Museum to launch a show of Paul Child’s photos, art, and artifacts — from photos of Julia and Paris, to his drawings, paintings, and stained glass, his Rolliflex camera, and a recreation of his Paris studio. The opening night party on 11/11 was the museum’s biggest night…
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