The
success of her many cook books helped launch her cooking show on PBS
television. Her show was a hit and was on air for 30 plus years.
The show she was best known for was,
The French Chef. It transformed her into an Emmy-winning, public-broadcasting
star. Child’s comfortable; off-hand manner took the intimidating quality out of
preparing French cuisine and helped to change American styles of cooking and
eating as well as American attitudes toward food. She also appeared on the ABC, Good Morning
American show throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s.
Her other endeavors (find new word)
included the TV programs Julia Child and Company, Julia Child and more Company,
and Dinner at Julia’s. She taught millions of Americans how to cook and helped
elevate the nation’s culinary standards. She brought her fun and energetic personality
to her set and her French cooking to American audiences every day.
