4th Annual Food History Gala Visit the Foundation's Facebook page for videos from this year's Gala at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, including speeches by Traci Des Jardins, Barbara Fairchild, Kajsa Aljer, Bobby Flay, and honorees Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger.
The Foundation establishes the annual Julia Child Award to foster Julia’s legacy. It is given to an individual who has made a profound and significant difference in the way America cooks, eats and drinks. The recipient is selected by an independent jury and presented with the Award at a gala hosted by the Smithsonian's National Museum [...]
The U.S. Postal Service® honors Julia's legacy along with four other revolutionary chefs with the release of the limited-edition Celebrity Chefs Forever® stamps. The other chefs featured are James Beard, Joyce Chen, Edna Lewis and Felipe Rojas-Lombardi. "Seeing cooking as a source of delight, they invited us to feast on regional and international flavors and were [...]
Inside Julia's Kitchen Did you know the Foundation has a podcast? Tune in to Inside Julia's Kitchen for interviews with the people shaping the way we cook and eat, including Dorie Greenspan, Pati Jinich, Hunter Lewis, John T. Edge, Samin Nosrat, and more.
August 15 - Julia's 100th birthday, August 15, 2012 is celebrated.
Julia's memoir, My Life in France, co-written with her grandnephew, Alex Prud'homme, is published. The book spans her childhood through the years she spent living with Paul in France and Europe, learning how to cook and publishing Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Julia ends the book with..."And thinking back on it now reminds me that [...]
August 13 - Julia dies of kidney failure two days before her 92nd birthday in Montecito, California. View Julia's memorial which appeared in Saveur Magazine.
Julia is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honor, by President George W. Bush
Julia's Cambridge kitchen, which she donated to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, is unveiled in the museum and becomes one of its most popular exhibits. Listen to Julia's comments:
Julia is awarded a Daytime Emmy® for "Outstanding Service Show Host" for Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home.