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Episode 80: Julia Child and the Rise of Food TV
Episode 80: Julia Child and the Rise of Food TV
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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Nov 3, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This week A Taste of The Past investigates the rise in popularity and power of TV cooking shows. Host Linda Pelaccio looks into the origins that have resulted in todays obsession with food TV, with hundreds of shows on a multitude of dedicated food and cooking networks, they find the catalyst in the impossibly original and witty Julia Child. With the help of NYU Cinema Studies professor Dana Polan, who has written a book about the subject, discover how Julia transformed Americas views of home cooking and made us enamored of French cuisine. From her refusal to use any product placement to harnessing the power of PBS, learn about this food icon and the food media empire she help give birth to. This episode is sponsored by Whole Foods Market.
Released:
Nov 3, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 1: William Grimes: A History of New York Restaurants: On the pilot episode of A Taste of the Past, Linda Pelaccio takes us on a journey through the history of New York City restaurants, from the big boarding house taverns to the Bijou-style eateries. by A Taste of the Past