Julia Child

Columbia Foodies share epicurean delights

2013-04-02 04:15:00

The Pissaladiere Nicoise, an onion tart studded with black olives and anchovies, is being passed around to the dinner guests while the Navets a la Champenoise, a turnip casserole, and braised stuffed breast of veal finish in the oven. A French Frisee...

Checking out Paris with Carla Hayden

2013-02-11 14:16:00

Few people can recognize the yearning to escape better than Carla Hayden, chief executive officer of the Enoch Pratt Library. As a librarian, she has spent many years helping her curious clientele explore new realms and journey to wondrous places...

Exhibit at Smithsonian explores history of America's obsession with food

2013-01-17 11:51:00

Whether you're stuffing your face with a KFC Double Down sandwich or watching Gordon Ramsay roast professional chefs on "Hell's Kitchen," you're sharing in one of society's biggest obsessions: food. "Food is hot," said Paula Johnson, curator for the...

Black and White Party features vintage idea, youthful appeal

2013-01-19 15:17:00

The storms of winter 2010 shut down roads, cancelled classes, closed up shops and nearly ended a signature Baltimore event before it started. On a cold January night, organizers of the Pratt Contemporaries' inaugural Black and White Party watched the...

Germano's presents a short opera about Julia Child

2013-01-10 16:21:00

Cabaret artist Jennifer Blades will reprise her role as Julia Child in Lee Hoiby's 18-minute opera "Bon Appetit" during an evening of dinner and opera at Germano's. In addition, Blades will portray Child in a new piece about Child's friendship with the...

Michael J. Wagner, chef

2012-09-19 14:40:41

Michael Joseph Wagner, an award-winning chef who taught at the old Baltimore International College, died of melanoma Sept. 17 at the Gilchrist Hospice of Columbia. He was 52 and lived in Columbia. Born in Baltimore and raised in Rodgers Forge and in...

Julia Child's 100th: Everything you need to know

2012-08-15 13:05:00

On what would have been 100th birthday for Julia Child, queen of the upscale cookbook, here's some good reading: The Washington Post reports that the National Museum of American History today reopened one of its most beloved exhibits: the kitchen Child...

Nora Ephron in Baltimore, or When Meg Ryan met Rosie O'Donnell at the Woman's Industrial Exchange

2012-06-27 06:55:00

The author and filmmaker Nora Ephron, who died Tuesday night, had a famous love affair with food. Ephron was the maven who knew where to get the best coffee cake, cappuccino and smoked salmon in New York City. She didn't just back into the idea of...

Chefs aim to show kids where their food comes from

2011-09-20 08:55:00

There are plenty of ways to get kids to try new foods. Hide the broccoli in the brownies. Make muffins out of zucchini. Promise a trip to the toy store for a forkful of salad. Or you could do what the Days of Taste Program does: Take them to the farm so...

In the kitchen with Alba

2011-10-25 14:36:00

There's more cooking at Westwood Unique Furnishings & Antiques than meets the eye. Wander past the antique chests and art deco lamps to the back of the shop, and customers might be surprised to see a large kitchen fully stocked with pots and pans and...

Bar review: Baltimore Taphouse is a low-key beer mecca

2011-06-30 05:01:00

Baltimore Taphouse in Canton looks just fine when you walk in. It's a long, narrow hall, with plenty of beer on tap and a pool table at the back. But the first sign that you might be in better hands than you thought is found above the cash register....

Howard County's Women of Good Taste

2011-03-31 21:00:00

Working with food isn't a job for sissies. One must be innovative, artistic, competitive, patient, flexible and competent. The hours are long and the competition stiff. Sacrifice? Required. Taking risks? Also required. How does one succeed against such...

The front of Julia Child's former home, now a cooking school run by Chef Kathie Alex, in Provence.

2013-05-21 16:39:21

Savory side: Julia Child taught us everything we know about crepes: They cook in less than a minute, they can be made days ahead, and they taste great sweet or savory.

2013-04-27 15:06:20

George Rothstein, of Columbia, at left, shares a story about Julia Child with Sandy Sharp during a dinner hosted by the Columbia Foodies.

2013-03-21 09:21:00