Jacques Pépin is a legendary chef, culinary educator, PBS television host, and author whose work revolutionized American home cooking. He is best known for starring with his dear friend and fellow icon, Julia Child, in the Emmy-winning TV series Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home. In 2016 he and his family created the Jacques Pépin Foundation, which is dedicated to improving lives through culinary education. Here, Pépin celebrates Julia Child’s enthusiasm for making fine cuisine accessible to all.
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Unless otherwise noted, all images used in this video are in the public domain.
Photographs of Julia Child with Jacques Pépin courtesy of the Jacques Pépin Foundation.
Julia Child in her kitchen. © Lynn Gilbert. 1978. Cambridge, Massachusetts. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
Julia Child, November 1994, Harborplace, Baltimore, Maryland. © John Mathew Smith. 2001. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en
This is so precious. I watched all their shows on streaming. She was so old and a tiny bit overbearing and he was so patient. They were a perfect complement. She couldn’t stand straight but her hands and cooking maneuvers were spot on. While I am not so sure being in the kitchen with someone else is the best, but they helped me be able to be in the kitchen with myself. Juu-uuu-lia Childs. Makes me think of Ell - lll - eanor. Their wobbly aristocratic voices. Makes me smile…Be sure to vote. Put PBS back on the payroll :)
When my daughter was very young, she loved to watch “Junius Chils” each day. Something about that program fascinated her toddler mind and it is an endearing memory for me.