Oh! Julia, So Glad We Knew You

If you haven’t seen “Julie and Julia” yet, treat yourself to a movie ticket today. Meryl Streep channels America’s most famous French cook without becoming a caricature. Is there anyone or any role, Ms. Streep can’t master?

French cooking, Paris, and Julia Child. Mix them altogether for a perfect recipe and “presto”, a delicious film! It is a challenge to think of one ingredient without blending all three.

Julia Child was the first celebrity cook I met in person. Before Wolfgang Puck became a celebrity chef with his own cooking dynasty, she was a household name. Julia blazed the trail with her books and television shows by the time we met. I just started my television career when the first opportunity to do “live” television came my way. It was a PBS pledge drive in Los Angeles. I was an eager novice ready for whatever might happen.

In walked Julia Child to the enormous TV studio. You couldn’t miss her 6′2″ frame. Her presence, larger in person, seemed to make the TV studio feel small. A producer introduced us. She leaned down to greet my 5′2″ frame. With great joy and in that only-Julia-Child-voice, she said, “I’ve been watching you and you’re awfully good, you know!” I was awestruck. I thanked her and said, “No, Ms. Child, I did not know.” What a beautiful gift of encouragement she passed along to a beginner. Her words have stayed with me throughout my life. Thank you, Julia.

Judy’s Gold Star Action Tip: Who did you compliment today? What a different world we could create with less criticism and more praise. Somebody needs encouragement from you today.

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