NYU Professor to Give Talk on Julia Child and TV Cooking Shows

On October 6 at 3:30pm in SCOB 252, NYU Professor Dana Polan gave
a presentation from his forthcoming book, "Julia Child’s 'The French
Chef'." Professor Polan’s presentation examined the cooking show as a
genre of television with special attention given to "Julia Child’s 'The
French Chef'." He offers an intellectual history in which Julia Child
is treated as a key actor in 1960s America and situates "The French
Chef" in relation to both other host-driven programs in the 1950s and
1960s and the history of cooking pedagogy on television prior to the
show’s premiere.

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NYU Professor to Give Talk on Julia Child and TV Cooking Shows