Julia Child’s Kitchen
At the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington DC, Julia Child’s kitchen has been replicated.
A few facts about the kitchen:
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The blue and green color scheme was chosen by Paul, Julia’s husband, in 1961.
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Sixteen baking sheets wee stored vertically in slots next to the dishwasher.
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The kitchen overlooked Irving Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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The kitchen measures 14 by 20 feet.
A few facts about Julia Child:
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She was born on August 15th, 1912 as the eldest of three children.
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She was a government inteligents agent for the Office of Strategic Services
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She and her husband, Paul Child, met through the OSS.
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Julia attended the Cordon Bleu cooking school in France.
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She and two friends created the cooking school l’Ecole de Trois Gourmandes (The school of the three gourmandes)
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A cookbook she made with these friends lead to her TV show, The French Chef.
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She won an Emmy award in 1966.
Learn more about the kitchen at http://americanhistory.si.edu/juliachild/
If walls could dream… they’d dream of a government inteligents agent’s magnificent kitchen.
