Julia Child Tribute at Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

By JULIETTE ROSSANT On Sunday, April 23, 2005, The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books will hold a tribute to Julia Child in the form of a panel discussion of her life and legacy. The panelists are: Stephanie Hersh, Julia Child's friend and assistant Geoffrey Drummond, president and executive producer for A La Carte Communications (which produced many of Julia's TV programs) Noel Riley Fitch, author of Julia Child biography Appetite for Life Russ Parsons, Los Angeles Times columnist, friend of Julia's, and author of How to Read a French Fry Moderating will be Barbara Fairchild, Editor-in-Chief of Bon Appetit magazine. (Further details will be posted online at the end of this month at LAT FOB schedule. Given other major tribute announcements (see previous article), it seems like this will be a wonderful late Spring for Food -- if only Julia were here to celebrate with us, instead of us celebrating her memory! Well, the cup will be a bit bitter, but thanks to her mostly very sweet. There is a Persian expression about missing someone -- a very factual yet poetic saying: jaa-ye shomaa khaalii-e ("Your place is empty"). Previous articles: James Beard, Emmys to Honor Julia Child Julia Child Helped Create the "Author Tour" James Beard Foundation's Len Pickell Pleads Guilty New Year's Resolution: Eat Well, Help Others Julia Child Remember'd, by Judith Jones Forthcoming on Julia Child: the Spy, the Student, the Master Suzanne Goin Eats a la Julia Child Julia Child: The Queen is Dead --> back to superchefblog