Julia Child Memories: Bon Appétit!

Sunday, Aug. 9, at 2 p.m.
Repeats Monday, Aug. 17, at 8 p.m.

Julia Child Memories: Bon Appétit! features cooking legend and cultural icon Julia Child who, along with her pioneering public television series, The French Chef, introduced French cuisine to American kitchens in the 1960s. In her passionate and sometimes breathless way, Child forever changed the way we cook, eat and think about food. Entertaining and real in a way that influenced every television cooking program and celebrity chef that has followed, The French Chef embraced Child’s passion for food and teaching and reflected her inimitable joie de vivre.

The two-hour special weaves some of Child’s favorite episodes of The French Chef with commentary from those who loved her the most. Testimonials include celebrity chefs Sara Moulton, Jacques Pépin, Gordon Hamersley and Lydia Shire. In addition, we hear from Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep on what it was like to play Julia Child on the big screen, as well as from author Julie Powell, who wrote the book on which the film is based.

The event includes three of the very best episodes of The French Chef — “Bouillabaisse à la Marseillaise,” “To Roast a Chicken” and “The Omelette Show.” Now cooks and foodies of all ages and abilities can join PBS in paying tribute to Julia Child while they enjoy some of her most-loved dishes from her original series. In her signature style and with bloopers intact, Child demonstrates her fabulous abilities as America’s first, and favorite, television chef.