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Unexpected People With Roses Named After Them

M. Morris — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:00:08 CST

Valentine's Day makes people think of roses. And when you think of roses, you think of ... George Burns, naturally. Maybe not, but the late comedian does have a variety of rose named after him. Mental Floss tracks down nine—actually, eight—more celebrities who've lent their names to the flower:...

Gone With Gourmet : a Taste for Expertise

Harry Kimball — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:02:35 CDT

When Gourmet magazine absorbed his Cook’s in 1990, Christopher Kimball discovered the hard way that the publishing business is “a top-down, winner-take-all proposition, an oligarchy of sorts.” But the frazzling encounter also afforded him a meeting with Conde Nast chairman Si Newshouse, who “poured his fortune into his magazine properties...

Now In Child's Old Kitchen, No Meat—or Butter!

Harry Kimball — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:09:54 CDT

The sacrilege! Not only has the kitchen in Julia Child’s former Cambridge home—familiar to millions of devotees of her show—been renovated to within an inch of its life, the Boston Globe reports, its new owners have hung a picture of a cow with the caption: “Nobody says when...

48 Years Later, Julia Child Tops Bestseller List

Jason Farago — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:37:52 CDT

Nearly half a century after it was published, Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking is entering the New York Times bestseller list—at No. 1. The film Julie & Julia , starring Meryl Streep as the famous chef, has electrified sales of the cookbook despite its antiquated recipes calling...

Julie & Julia Tasty Despite One Cook Too Many

Rob Quinn — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:43:01 CDT

Dual biopic Julie & Julia would have been a lot better if it had focused solely on Julia Child, say critics, but Meryl Streep's performance as the famous chef more than compensates for the second, weaker storyline about a blogger who tackles Child's recipes. Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times : Nora Ephron's...

Pollan: We Love Cooking Shows, But Not Cooking

Kevin Spak — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:10:02 CDT

When Julia Child came on the scene, she changed the way America cooked. Child inspired women everywhere to try their hands at French cuisine. Today, we have loads more food shows, yet the average American spends just 27 minutes a day making food. “How is it,” asks food scribe Michael...

Julia Child Dished Up Secrets in WWII

Peter Fearon — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:03:00 CDT

Legendary chef Julia Child, Hollywood star Sterling Hayden, White Sox catcher Moe Berg and historian Arthur Schlesinger were all spies for the US, according to newly declassified documents. Untold stories and clandestine heroics of World War II will come to light today as authorities release 750,000 pages of files...