The outlines of her biography—the cookbooks, the TV stardom—are familiar to many of us. Tomkins captures what set her apart.

(Courtesy Ethan Gilsdorf) “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” is the classic cooking primer Julia Child wrote with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle in 1967. For many cooks of the era ...

And if you’re going to make it, why not turn to the queen of French cooking herself, Julia Child? Her take on the classic dish, pulled from Mastering the Art of French Cooking, is rich ...

While some of her favorite foods were gourmet delicacies, others were more humble fare. Read on to discover what foods ...

I could spend hours glued to the kitchen making an entrèe, but it’ll be the simple side dish that took me five minutes to make that will have people raving. Since my instinct when hosting is to go ...

Julia Child's cooking tips to make meals works of ... wine you use for its cooking," reads the recipe entry in "Mastering the Art of French Cooking," which Child authored with Louisette Bertholle ...

I set out to master Julia Child’s version of ratatouille - a humble yet beautiful dish full of vibrant vegetables and slow-cooked flavor. With her classic technique as my guide, I walk through each ...

Julia Child relied on fraisage, a classic French technique, to get the flakiest pastry and pie dough. It doesn't require any ...

Julia Child wept real tears on camera after tasting this special dessert made by another renowned chef. Here's what was in ...