"Bring on the roasted potatoes"...Happy 100th Birthday Julia Child

The first celebrity chef who never considered herself a celebrity would have celebrated her 100th birthday today.

Long before the Streep movie she changed the way North Americans approached food. Her cooking show was friggin' brilliant

She was, by all accounts, the same person in real life as on camera.

Here's a great tribute from PBS via Toronto Life

http://www.torontolife.com/daily/daily-dish/aprons-icons/2012/08/15/julia-child-100/

This is worth watching.

 

The Julia Child half of the movie with Meryl Streep was based on her memoir "My Life in France." I read it a few years and couldn't recommend it more. It was a great read.

 

You had me thinking she was Canadian for a second with this "North Americans" and "Toronto Life" talk.

 

Sweet Julia Child of mine:

 

Julia's cocktail of choice, The Reverse Martini:

2.5 ounces dry vermouth
.75 ounces gin

Shake in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and strain into small wine glass filled with crushed ice.



Important: This is mostly dru vermouth, so make sure you're using good dry vermouth.

 

I miss seeing her all liquored up. RIP.

 

Please note: dry vermouth instead of dru vermouth.

If you make this coacktail with dru vermouth, it'll taste sh%tty.

 

One of the cool things about her was that she was an OSS spy during WWII. Supposedly, she did some work with Moe Berg, the catcher turned spy.