Julia Child's 100th Birthday
Julia Child was born on August 15, 1912, in Pasadena, California.
She moved to France in 1948, where she became interested in French cuisine. Wanting to adapt sophisticated French cuisine for mainstream Americans she collaborated on writing the groundbreaking Mastering the Art of French Cooking, published in September 1961. The groundbreaking book remained the bestselling cookbook for five straight years after publication and has since become a standard guide for the culinary community.
In 1962, The French Chef TV series premiered on WGBH, establishing Julia as a local celebrity. It was soon syndicated to 96 stations throughout America. Julia made regular appearances on the ABC morning show Good Morning, America throughout the 1970s and 1980s, becoming a television icon.
She became the first woman inducted into the Culinary Institute Hall of Fame in 1993 and in 2000, received France's highest honor: the Legion d'Honneur. In August 2002, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History unveiled an exhibit featuring the kitchen where she filmed three of her popular cooking shows.
Two days before her 92nd birthday, Julia Child died in August 2004 of kidney failure at her assisted-living home in Montecito.
Five years after her death, Julia Child was the inspiration behind the film Julie & Julia, based on a cooking blog by Julie Powell. The 2009 film directed by Nora Ephron, starred Amy Adams as Julie Powell and Meryl Streep as Julia Child in the title. Meryl Streep won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, and received an Academy Award nomination, for her performance.
Too Many Cooks - Murder Mystery
Too Many Cooks is a Murder mystery game for 8 players. It takes place at the fictitious British Good Food Awards.
Who could have done it?
Possibly Annabel Sloane-Ranger, the Roedean educated girl who now runs a successful catering business with a couple of school-chums. Or maybe Fay Rocher, who moved to Britain from Switzerland at the age of 21, bringing the tradition of fine chocolate making with her. Or how about her business partner, Sandi Beech. Then there is Doug Meadows, the American tycoon who has recently introduced US-style cookies to Britain. And who can forget life-style guru Trisha Branflake?
And what of the other suspects?
Peter Savoury enjoys fast cars and living dangerously. Did Peter do something too dangerous? Everyone knows Bill Wordsworth bakes exceedingly good cakes, and is an excellent employer who looks after his staff well.....but did he take care of Veronica? Rudi Emmental is a reclusive Swiss cheese maker. He rarely leaves his hideaway in rural Devon. Did he have an ulterior motive for coming here?
The only way to find out is to order the Too Many Cooks - Murder Mystery.
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