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15.09.2021
‘Julia’: ‘RBG’ Doc Filmmakers Julie Cohen & Betsy West Turn Their Attention To Julia Child, The Original, Trailblazing Foodie Queen [TIFF Interview]
The original queen of cuisine, the first rock star foodie, Julia Child became a cooking phenomenon throughout the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, thanks to her PBS series and cookbooks. A trailblazer for sharing her love and enthusiasm for cooking and food in the mediums of books and TV, Child paved the way for today’s culture of 24/7 food programming, passing away before seeing the influx of reality TV cooking, Food Networks, and foodie social media.