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The French Chef with Julia Child

Share Julia Child’s love of authentic French food and learn to cook some of her most loved dishes from her original series on Public Television.

Quiche Lorraine and Company

28m 58s

Sudden guests? Julia shows you how to bake them a quiche, in this episode of The French Chef. It’s fast, fancy and foolproof. Here’s the ultimate motivation for learning to make your own pie dough. Julia teaches you how to concoct an expert pie-crust dough and use it for open face, main dish pies, such as custard and bacon, spinach, and /or crab.

Episodes

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    Quiche Lorraine and Company

    S8 E19 - 28m 58s

    Sudden guests? Julia shows you how to bake them a quiche, in this episode of The French Chef. It’s fast, fancy and foolproof. Here’s the ultimate motivation for learning to make your own pie dough. Julia teaches you how to concoct an expert pie-crust dough and use it for open face, main dish pies, such as custard and bacon, spinach, and /or crab.

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    Coq Au Vin Alias Chicken Fricassee

    S8 E17 - 28m 50s

    The French Chef's Julia Child prepares Coq Au Vin Alias Chicken Fricassee. Take chicken, onions, and mushrooms, simmer them in red wine for coq au vin, or in white wine for an old fashioned fricassee. This episode offers two recipes in one–two famous dishes that will teach you a lot more about cooking than just how to stew a chicken.

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    Lobster Show

    S8 E16 - 28m 51s

    Learn about lobsters from tip to tail as Julia Child demonstrates how to prepare two lobster dishes, one hot, one cold, on this episode of The French Chef.

  • Flaming Fish: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Flaming Fish

    S8 E14 - 28m 59s

    The French Chef's Julia Child demonstrates how to prepare the famous Mediterranean sea-bass flamed in fennel - loup flambe au fenouil. She'll show you how they do it in Cannes, and how you can do a reasonable facsimile at home.

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    Rye Bread

    S8 E13 - 28m 53s

    In this episode of The French Chef, Julia Child bakes Rye Bread.

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    The Whole Fish Story

    S8 E10 - 28m 54s

    The French Chef's Julia Child demonstrates plain, as well as fancy, fish filleting and fixing. She visits a female French fish professor, skilled in the art of filleting fish, and prepares various fish dishes including Truite Meuniere.

Schedule

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    The Potato Show

    Thursday
    Nov 28

    30 Minutes

    Julia Child turns potato basics into classic French meals; potato pancake.
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    The Potato Show

    Thursday
    Nov 28

    30 Minutes

    Julia Child turns potato basics into classic French meals; potato pancake.
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    The Omelette Show

    Thursday
    Nov 28

    30 Minutes

    Technique and tools needed to make the perfect omelette.
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    The Omelette Show

    Thursday
    Nov 28

    30 Minutes

    Technique and tools needed to make the perfect omelette.
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    The Lobster Show

    Thursday
    Nov 28

    30 Minutes

    Which lobster is best for salads, a luncheon or main course; boiling and steaming methods; dismantling a hot lobster.
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    The Lobster Show

    Thursday
    Nov 28

    30 Minutes

    Which lobster is best for salads, a luncheon or main course; boiling and steaming methods; dismantling a hot lobster.
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    Flaky Pastry

    Thursday
    Nov 28

    30 Minutes

    Preparing the perfect flaky pastry.
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    Flaky Pastry

    Thursday
    Nov 28

    30 Minutes

    Preparing the perfect flaky pastry.
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    Whole Fish Story

    Thursday
    Nov 28

    30 Minutes

    Cooking with the whole fish.
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    Whole Fish Story

    Thursday
    Nov 28

    30 Minutes

    Cooking with the whole fish.
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    Vegetable for All Occasions

    Thursday
    Nov 28

    30 Minutes

    Using zucchini to make a vegetable boat; sauteed zucchini with onions; zucchini baked with a cheese sauce; vegetable soup with zucchini.
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    Vegetable for All Occasions

    Thursday
    Nov 28

    30 Minutes

    Using zucchini to make a vegetable boat; sauteed zucchini with onions; zucchini baked with a cheese sauce; vegetable soup with zucchini.
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    Pot au Feu

    Thursday
    Nov 28

    30 Minutes

    Using the more inexpensive cuts of meat such as the shin, brisket, chuck and bones to make the classic French boiled beef dinner pot-au-feu, with carrots, onion, potatoes, turnips, parsnips and cabbage.
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    Pot au Feu

    Thursday
    Nov 28

    30 Minutes

    Using the more inexpensive cuts of meat such as the shin, brisket, chuck and bones to make the classic French boiled beef dinner pot-au-feu, with carrots, onion, potatoes, turnips, parsnips and cabbage.
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    Coq Au Vin Alias Chicken Fricasse

    Thursday
    Nov 28

    30 Minutes

    France's most famous chicken dish.
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    To Roast a Turkey

    Thursday
    Nov 28

    30 Minutes

    Roasting a turkey.
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    To Roast a Turkey

    Thursday
    Nov 28

    30 Minutes

    Roasting a turkey.
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    French Fries

    Thursday
    Nov 28

    30 Minutes

    Preparing french fries.
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    French Fries

    Thursday
    Nov 28

    30 Minutes

    Preparing french fries.
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    Hollandaise Family

    Thursday
    Nov 28

    30 Minutes

    Julia makes hollandaise.

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