The dessert that made Julia Child cry was Nancy Silverton's brioche tart with creme fraiche custard, poached fruit, whipped cream and sabayon, which is a dessert that she served at her first Los Angeles restaurants, La Brea Bakery and Campanile.
The Brioche tart with creme fraiche custard, poached fruit, whipped cream and sabayon dessert was so good that it made Julia Child shed a tear.
Julia Child's favorite butter was French butter which is loved and preferred as a result of it's tang, nuttiness and lower water content which makes the French butter perfect for cooking and baking.
Julia Child also believed that American salted butters and French butters were also interchangeable for cooking, but she favored French Butter's superior qualities, which is also a preference that is rooted in Julia Child's culinary experiences in France.
Julia Child's famous dish is Boeuf Bourguignon.
Julia Child's Boeuf Bourguignon is a rich and hearty beef stew that is braised in red wine and gained recognition after being featured in the movie Julie & Julia and for it's presence in Julia Child's seminal cookbook called Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
Julia Child's famous phrase was "With enough butter, anything is good".
Julia Child also had other notable quotes and recurring phrases like "Bon appetit!" that she said at the end of her show and she also had encouraging advice to "Have a what the hell attitude" in the kitchen.
The illness that Julia Child had was breast cancer in which she was diagnosed with in the mid 1960s.
Although Julia Child had a mastectomy and recovered successfully from the breast cancer and she then lived a long and healthy life before passing away at the age of 91 in 2004 from kidney failure.
Julia Child was also a smoker and a heavy smoker at that.
Although Julia Child was a heavy smoker much of her life, Julia Child did quit smoking in 1968 after she had a medical scare
Julia Child was a lifelong smoker and she continued to smoke even during her early Television career before she decided to quit smoking and became a symbol of the era when smoking was also commonplace and more accepted.
Julia Child started smoking in her early twenties and she was a dedicated smoker for many years.
Julia Child was also described as a heavy smoker who would smoke even between courses during meals.
But after Julia Child had a significant medical event she eventually quit smoking in 1968.
And at that time Julia Child had been smoking for many years and was also a role model for many people.
Julia Carolyn Child was an American Chef, author and television personality and she revolutionized America cuisine by introducing the public to French cooking.
Julia Child's award winning cookbooks and world famous TV shows also presented sophisticated French cuisine in an approachable way for over 4 decades.
Julia Child was born August 15th 1912 in Pasadena, CA and died at age 91 years old on August 13th 2004 in Montecito, CA.