Making of a Foodie - More about Julia

When I think back to my childhood and my subsequent interest in food I can’t help but think back to those early years of watching Julia Child on TV. I was often so very intrigued by the things she would make and definitely wanted to create more of them than I was able. So much of it seemed so sophisticated that I really wouldn’t have known where to start. I probably could have managed to get the ingredients back then, and maybe even have managed the recipes but my mind wasn’t able to make that leap from TV-land to real-life. Part of the joy of it all was the way she went about it, with such seriousness and whimsy. Here was this larger than life, worldly woman with an amazingly childlike aspect to her. I think back to an episode on the Christmas cake, Buche de Noel that I watched one summer. I was so caught up in how she made the little meringue mushrooms and decorated it with dark chocolate icing and little holly leaves. It was so real and imaginary all at once. I wanted every little part of that experience and only ever had it through the show. At the time, it was all I could have wanted.

For this holiday season I think I will make my own Buche de Noel. Watch for a recipe later this month.