(1912–2004), US chef and cookbook author; born Julia Carolyn McWilliams. Her cookbooks, beginning with Mastering the Art of French Cooking (written in 1961 with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle), and her television cooking show The French Chef, which began on PBS in 1963, revolutionized American cooking.
Definition of Child, Julia in US English:
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(1912–2004), US chef and cookbook author; born Julia Carolyn McWilliams. Her cookbooks, beginning with Mastering the Art of French Cooking (written in 1961 with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle), and her television cooking show The French Chef, which began on PBS in 1963, revolutionized American cooking.