If you plan on seeing the upcoming movie called “Julie & Julia”, you’re either a little curious about Julia Child or you really like her. If you head out to Washington, you’ll be able to visit famous Julia’s actual kitchen. It is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
The display, fittingly called “Bon Appetit”, opened in 2002. However since the word hit the streets and TV screen advertisements about the movie, the display has been receiving new summer items. Including “the wall”… the famous wall of copper pots, among other things. Julia was never picky or overly protective of her cookware and “the wall” was used only to save space. Julia felt pots were for cooking, not displaying.
The kitchen, a 14 x 20 foot room is actually small compared to modern American homes today. But, if you were a fan of her show, it will be difficult for you to find any differences between the kitchen you saw on television versus the kitchen at the Smithsonian.
What are we saying, it IS her kitchen at the Smithsonian.
Just before her 90th birthday Ms. Child gave her Massachusetts kitchen to the Smithsonian. It was then reassembled exactly as it was on the show. From the cabinets to the counters and counter tops (remember the peanut butter?) to her cookbooks and Garland commercial range, everything is the same.
Child, who passed away in 2004 was the author of the influential “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” tested recipes in the kitchen and filmed some of her TV shows there.
Take a trip to Washington and visit the Smithsonian, then come back and tell me how your trip was. I’d love to know.
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