Biography McWilliams - Julia Carolyn (McWilliams) Child (1912- 2004) Father: John McWilliams II (1880-1962) – a farm consultant and investor Mother: Julia Carolyn Weston (1877-1937) Birth Date: August 15, 1912 Born at: Pasadena, California Significant Education: 1934: Smith College Spouse Name: Child - Paul Cushing Child (1902-1994) Spouse Parents: Charles Tripler Child (1867-1902) and Bertha May Cushing (1871-1937) Wedding Date: September 1, 1946 Wedding Place: Washington, D.C. Occupation: OSS and Chef, Author and Teacher Childhood Home: Pasadena, California Home: In 1965, the Childs settled in the Cambridge house, bought in 1961, in which Julia lived until 2001. Professor Josiah Royce House Paul and Julia Child House MA – Cambridge – Irving Street - 103 Julia and Paul Child visited Mt. Desert Island often in the summer as the guests of Charles Child, Paul’s identical twin, at the Child family summer home, “Old Point” in Bernard, Maine. Visited Summers: Old Point Charles Jesse Child Cottage ME – Tremont – Old Point Road - 101 Death Date: August 13, 2004 at the age of 92. Death Place: At home in Montecito, California Cemetery: Julia was cremated and her ashes scattered. Julia served with the Office of Strategic Services in Washington DC, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and China during World War II. She met Paul Child while stationed in Sri Lanka with the OSS during World War II. The OSS is now known as the CIA. After the war she accompanied Paul to Paris where he was assigned with the American Embassy and started her culinary career, at the Cordon Bleu. Julia Child introduced cooks all over the United States to French cuisine when she wrote "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle in 1961 and followed it with her ground-breaking television program, "The French Chef" in 1961. She changed the way Americans thought about food and the way they cooked. Before Julia, French cooking was something few Americans considered available to them on a daily basis. She explained it and gave them the enthusiasm and courage to try it. 2003: Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush. Books by and about Julia Child: "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" (1961), with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle - ISBN 0- 375-41340-5 "Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume Two" (1970), with Simone Beck - ISBN 0-394-40152- 2 "The French Chef Cookbook" (1968) - ISBN 0-394-40135-2 "From Julia Child's Kitchen" (1975) - ISBN 0-517-20712-5 "Julia Child & Company" (1978) - ISBN 0-345-31449-2 "Julia Child & More Company" (1979) - ISBN 0-345-31450-6 "The Way To Cook" (1989) - ISBN 0-394-53264-3 "Julia Child's Menu Cookbook" (1991), one-volume edition of "Julia Child & Company" and "Julia Child & More Company" - ISBN 0-517-06485-5 "Cooking With Master Chefs" (1993) - ISBN 0-679-74829-6 "In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs" (1995) - ISBN 0-679-43896-3 "Baking with Julia" (1996) - ISBN 0-688-14657-0 "Julia's Delicious Little Dinners" (1998) - ISBN 0-375-40336-1 "Julia's Menus For Special Occasions" (1998) - ISBN 0-375-40338-8 "Julia's Breakfasts, Lunches & Suppers" (1999) - ISBN 0-375-40339-6 "Julia's Casual Dinners" (1999) - ISBN 0-375-40337-X "Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home" (1999), with Jacques Pépin - ISBN 0-375-40431-7 Julia's Kitchen Wisdom (2000)—ISBN 0-375-41151-8 "My Life in France" (2006, posthumous), with Alex Prud'homme - ISBN 1-4000-4346-8 (collected in) "American Food Writing: An Anthology with Classic Recipes," ed. Molly O'Neill (Library of America, 2007) - ISBN 1598530054 "Appetite for Life : The Biography of Julia Child" (1997), Fitch, Noel Riley - ISBN 0-385-49383-5 "Gifts of Age: 32 Remarkable Women,' Charlotte Painter (Chronicle Books, 1985) - ISBN 978- 0877013686. Interview with Child, with portrait on cover Julia Child on Televison: "The French Chef" (1963–1973) "Julia Child & Company" (1978–1979) "Julia Child & More Company" (1980–1982) "Dinner at Julia's" (1983–1985) "The Way to Cook" (1989) six one-hour videocassettes "A Birthday Party for Julia Child: Compliments to the Chef" (1992) "Cooking with Master Chefs: Hosted by Julia Child" (1993–1994) 16 episodes "Cooking In Concert: Julia Child & Jacques Pepin" (1993) "In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs" (1994–1996), 39 episodes "Baking with Julia" (1996–1998) 39 episodes "Julia & Jacques Cooking at Home" (1999–2000) 22 episodes "Julia Child's Kitchen Wisdom," (2000) two-hour special Movie: “Julie & Julia” written by Nora Ephron based upon the book by Julie Powell, directed by Nora Ephron featuring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams and Stanley Tucci. See below for books written by and about Julia Child. See: “Roots in the Rock” by Charles Child, published by Little, Brown, c. 1964. “[Maine] itself is a Binge!” by Judith Gaines, Portland Monthly site, September 2009, Accessed online 11/06/09; http://www.portlandmonthly.com/portmag/2009/08/julia-childs-maine/ “Julia at Rest” by Kathleen Fleury, Downeast Magazine, March 2010, p. 48-50 for more about Julia on Mt. Desert Island. .