Julia Child's Kitchen

10 years ago

Here is Julia Child's kitchen in the south of France. It is an exact replica of her MA kitchen. Her husband and brother in law built it for her so she wouldn't be homesick and to accommodate her 6'3" height.

She learned French cooking in this kitchen and wrote her cookbook here.

At the end of the day, as long as the functionality is there for the cook, it doesn't really matter how a kitchen look.

I think we get so brainwashed that we forget about other things in life. I'm shocked by the insistence of KDs for people to spend $50K to $100K+ plus on a kitchen when that amount of money can buy a house in many parts of the US or when so many people don't have retirement savings.

This forced remodel has been an eye opener for me about a whole new area of money management.

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funkycamper

10 years ago

Oh, Rebunky! Sharp eyes. Julie was tall so, yeah, maybe she kept her towel there. LOL

That kitchen is not an exact replica of her MA kitchen although it shares many of the same elements. Particularly the work table in the center and the pegboard storage and other open storage.

Here's a link to photos of her MA kitchen, now in the Smithsonian.

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morz8 - Washington Coast
10 years ago
The entire house is somewhat modest by celebrity standards, and for sale. More photos of the kitchen....Julia's House
practigal
10 years ago
It is a real working kitchen....I would love to have evrything out...but the utensils would be so dust covered in just a day or two that I could not do it.
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highendredneck
10 years ago
I looked at the pictures the other day when it came across my facebook feed. I did think of how folks here would not approve. But it does look happy and cheerful and like something impressive should be produced in it. I knew she was tall, but didn't realize quite how tall - at 5'10" and often in heels, I have thought more than once about raising my counter height.
rebunky
10 years ago
Hey, could Julia have had "the towel pig"? Lol!
beachem
Original Author
10 years ago
Wow 14'X20' is huge. That's way bigger than my kitchen.

I can't believe that the Smithsonian is housing her kitchen. It's rather crazy what they store there and what about running out of room.
Stacy Lawrence
10 years ago
Definitely modest and functional, but there is a nice professional range!
scone911
10 years ago
I love Julia Child's kitchens, they are like art studios for food. They have soul, which a lot of modern kitchens lack.
artemis_ma
10 years ago
What a lovely kitchen!!
Gooster
10 years ago
@jeweledangel: The original La Cornue range is no longer there. Patricia Wells has it, per reports.

I believe some of the other original items are no longer there -- it had been used as a cooking school for tourists. She hadn't been there since 1992.