The Way to Cook

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Cookbook and series of videos

The Way to Cook

1993 The Way to Cook hardcover (Knopf)

Created by| Julia Child
Print publications
Book(s)| The Way To Cook
Films and television
Direct-to-video| The Way To Cook
Miscellaneous
Date| 1989
Subject| Culinary arts
The Way To Cook Author| Julia Child

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Country| United States
Language| English
Subject| Culinary arts
Genre| Non-fiction
Publisher| Alfred A. Knopf

Publication date

| 1989 (hardcover)
Media type| book
Pages| 511
ISBN| 0-394-53264-3 (hardcover)
OCLC| 18813917

Dewey Decimal

| 641.5 19
LC Class| TX651 .C53 1989
Preceded by| Julia Child & More Company
Followed by| Cooking with Master Chefs
The Way to Cook

Genre| Non-fiction, instructional video
Created by| Julia Child
Written by| Julia Child
Directed by| Russell Morash
Original language| English
Production
Running time| 6 hours
Production company| Knopf
Original release
Release| 1985 (1985)

The Way to Cook is a series of six instructional videos about cooking produced in 1985 and a companion cookbook published in 1989, both featuring the television personality and cooking teacher Julia Child.

The video series was produced with and marketed by the WGBH Educational Foundation in Boston, producers of Child's previous television series The French Chef, but was shot at Child's home in Santa Barbara, California. The book was published by Alfred A. Knopf, the firm that published almost all of Child's work from the beginning to the end of her career.

## Format[edit]

The book The Way To Cook differs from her previous book Mastering the Art of French Cooking in numerous ways. While Mastering was a collaboration that co-authors Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle had gotten underway before Child's involvement, The Way To Cook was a solo work written entirely by Child during the late 1980s. Another difference was that The Way To Cook did not focus entirely on French cuisine, on which her reputation had been built, but added a substantial number of recipes for traditional American dishes, especially those of New England, where Child's mother had come from and where Child had spent much of her life. In this, the book reflected the diversification of the cooking repertoire on Child's television show, Julia Child & Company, that had taken place since its premiere in 1978.

The book provided a focus on "master recipes"—that is, recipes that illustrate broad principles in cooking—with other recipes provided as variations on those same themes. The book also made use of improved cookware designs and of new technology such as the food processor, of which Child was a major proponent.

## Home video releases[edit]

The videos were originally available only as a set of six videotapes. In December 2009, they were re-released as a set of two DVDs.

## See also[edit]

* Literature portal
* Food portal

* Cuisine
* Culinary art
* Dish (food)
* Food photography
* Food preparation
* Food writing
* Gourmet Museum and Library
* Haute cuisine
* List of nutrition guides
* Outline of food preparation
* Recipe

## References[edit]

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Julia Child

Books|

* Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961)
* The Way to Cook (1989)
* Baking with Julia (1996)
* Julia's Kitchen Wisdom (2000)
* My Life in France (2006)

Television series|

* The French Chef (1963–1973)
* The Way To Cook (1985)
* Cooking with Master Chefs: Hosted by Julia Child (1993–1994)
* Baking with Julia (1996–1998)

Related|

* Paul Cushing Child (husband)
* Julia Child's kitchen
* La Pitchoune
* École des trois gourmandes
* Simone Beck (colleague)
* Louisette Bertholle (colleague)
* Julia Child rose

| In popular culture|

* Julie & Julia (2009 film)
* Julia (2021 documentary)
* Julia (2022 television series)

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