Dishing with Julia Child (2020)

Season 1

Julia Child was devoted to the art of French cuisine. And starting in 1963, The French Chef single-handedly taught a nation how to cook well, eat well and drink well. Now today’s chefs and celebrities delight in six of the most-beloved episodes from her groundbreaking series, offering insightful, funny and personal comments in unabashed appreciation of the first lady of cooking. Bon appétit!

Released Feb. 29, 2020 Episode 42 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Reality TV

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Watch Providers: PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel, PBS Living Amazon Channel

Network: PBS

Country: United States
Languages: English

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S1E1 - The Whole Fish Story

José Andres and Eric Ripert are amazed by Julia Child’s hands-on treatment of a whole fish. They discuss her ability to dive in to fish filleting while encouraging viewers to attempt this difficult preparation. José jokes about his debt to Julia for popularizing fish in America and both are impressed with the information Julia conveys in the show and her ability to work without any retakes.

Feb. 29, 2020, midnight

S1E2 - The Good Loaf

Celebrity chefs Vivian Howard, Marcus Samuelsson, Carla Hall and Sara Moulton follow Julia Child’s bread making recipes for classic pain de mie and a raisin bread. Sara highlights Julia’s role in re-orienting people’s perception of food, while Carla notes Julia’s skill in making ingredients and techniques accessible. And all the chefs note that by this point, Julia had her on-camera look honed.

Feb. 29, 2020, midnight

S1E3 - Your Own French Soup

Chef Rick Bayless marvels over Julia Child’s knife skills and what great technique training she provided. José Andres and Eric Ripert are also impressed with her teaching – how she took the time to include skills and techniques in her programs, and they wonder how many tips are in her two hundred episodes of The French Chef.

Feb. 29, 2020, midnight

S1E4 - Boeuf Bourguignon

Chefs Sara Moulton, Carla Hall, José Andres and Eric Ripert discuss Julia Child’s first episode of The French Chef, remarking on how purposeful she was as a teacher, and how comfortable and magnetic she was, even in her first episode. Martha Stewart weighs in on how influential Julia was in completely changing how viewers thought about food and cooking.

Feb. 29, 2020, midnight

S1E5 - The Potato Show

Chef Rick Bayless supplies commentary on Julia Child’s high wire performance preparing potatoes and her comfort in the kitchen. Then chef, frequent Julia collaborator, and dear friend Jacques Pépin weighs in later in the show on Julia’s love of butter and her gracious approach to meeting all of the staff, down to the dishwasher, at the restaurants where they dined.

Feb. 29, 2020, midnight

S1E6 - To Roast a Chicken

Chefs Vivian Howard and Marcus Samuelsson enjoy Julia Child’s presentation of chickens, which includes an entire counter filled with raw poultry. They note how she invented cooking on television with no existing rulebook and discuss her mission to educate viewers about the value of prime ingredients, including how to shop for them as well as how to prepare them.

Feb. 29, 2020, midnight

Network: PBS

Episode Runtime: 42 min.

Season Runtime: 252 min.

Released: Feb. 29, 2020

Last Air Date: Feb. 29, 2020, midnight

Status: Ended

Certification: NR

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