Baking with Julia
Baking with Julia

Baking with Julia

1996 3 Seasons 39 Episodes ⭐ 8.0 Reality

Baking With Julia is an American television cooking program produced by Julia Child and the name of the book which accompanied the series. Each episode featured one pastry chef or baker who demonstrates professional techniques that can be performed in a home kitchen. It was taped primarily in Child's Cambridge, Massachusetts house and was aired over four television seasons from 1996 to 1999; it is still occasionally aired in reruns on Create on PBS digital stations. The series was created as a spinoff of the Cooking with Master Chefs series due to a significant response to the baking episodes and was a nation co-production of A La Carte Communications and Maryland Public Television. The accompanying book was written by baker and food writer Dorie Greenspan with assistance from Child and food tester David Nussbaum, and includes brief biographical sketches of the chefs involved in the show.

Baking With Julia is an American television cooking program produced by Julia Child and the name of the book which accompanied the series. Each episode featured one pastry chef or baker who demonstrates professional techniques that can be performed in a home kitchen. It was taped primarily in Child's Cambridge, Massachusetts house and was aired over four television seasons from 1996 to 1999; it is still occasionally aired in reruns on Create on PBS digital stations. The series was created as a spinoff of the Cooking with Master Chefs series due to a significant response to the baking episodes and was a nation co-production of A La Carte Communications and Maryland Public Television. The accompanying book was written by baker and food writer Dorie Greenspan with assistance from Child and food tester David Nussbaum, and includes brief biographical sketches of the chefs involved in the show.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Craig Kominiak

Executive chef Craig Kominiak of Ecce Panis Bakery in New York City bakes focaccia. He shows how to test the elasticity

EP 2

Alice Medrich

Berkeley, CA teacher and chocolatier Alice Medrich creates a chocolate genoise raspberry ruffle cake, provides tips on t

EP 3

Michel Richard

Master chef Michel Richard of Citrus in Los Angeles demonstrates the making and baking of puff pastries. He creates a to

EP 4

Lora Brody

Bread machine wizard Lora Brody of West Newton, MA makes machine-kneaded buttermilk white bread. She bakes one loaf in t

EP 5

Marcel Desaulniers

While creating a white chocolate pattycake with chocolate tulips, chef and author Marcel Desaulniers of the Trellis in W

EP 6

Gale Gand

Pastry chef Gale Gand of Brasserie T in Northfield, IL creates two spectacular desserts: a towering chocolate Napoleon a

EP 7

Norman Love

Executive pastry chef Norman Love of the Ritz Carlton in Naples, FL creates chocolate-cinnamon beignets. He makes the pa

EP 8

Lauren Groveman

Bagel maven Lauren Groveman from Larchmont, NY demonstrates how to make bagels, which must be boiled before baking. She

EP 9

Mary Bergin

Mary Bergin, head pastry chef for Spago at Las Vegas, demonstrates how to make two types of chiffon cakes, a nectarine u

EP 10

Steve Sullivan

Steve Sullivan, owner of Acme Bakery in Berkeley, CA, joins Julia to prepare walnut bread and the bakery's renowned deco

EP 11

Nancy Silverton

Nancy Silverton, owner of La Brea Bakery in Los Angeles, demonstrates how to create a basic brioche dough. This versatil

EP 12

Nick Malgieri

Peter Malgieri, cookbook author and master teacher at Peter Kump's New York City Cooking School, bakes an assortment of

EP 13

Flo Braker

Well-known California baking teacher Flo Braker demonstrates the classic French technique for creating ladyfingers Genoi

EP 1

Esther McManus

Esther McManus of Le Bus restaurant in Philadelphia makes a "real" French croissant.

EP 2

Beatrice Ojakangas

Beatrice Ojakangas, a Scandinavian cookbook author from Duluth, MN, demonstrates how to make a series of real Danish pas

EP 3

Naomi Duguid and Jeffrey Alford

Naomi Duguid and Jeffrey Alford prepare pita bread, Afghan snowshoe bread, and Middle Eastern lamb and tomato breads.

EP 4

Danielle Forestier

Danielle Forestier prepares French breads, including baguette, boule, pain de mie, and pain de campagne.

EP 5

Markus Farbinger

Pastry specialist Markus Farbinger prepares "cardinal slice" and poppyseed torte.

EP 6

Charlotte Akoto

Charlotte Akoto prepares meringue cookies, cocoa nests with caramel mousse, and tropical napoleon.

EP 7

Marion Cunningham

Marion Cunningham prepares buttermilk crumb muffins, buttermilk scones, popovers, Irish soda bread, and baking powder bi

EP 8

Johanna Killeen

Pastry chef Johanna Killeen makes miniature "baby cakes" from a basic batter. Based on a traditional American pound cake

EP 9

Leslie Mackie

Leslie Mackie, pastry chef and owner of Seattle's Macrina Bakery, bakes a classic French apple tart, a berry yogurt tart

EP 10

David Ogonowski

Julia Child observes as chef David Ogonowski makes a triple chocolate truffle treat. He demonstrates how to make the dou

EP 11

Joe Ortiz

Joe Ortiz, a baker from Gayle's Bakery & Rosticceria in Capitola, California, shows chef Julia Child how to make crusty

EP 12

David Blom

David Blom, pastry chef at Chef Allen's Restaurant in North Miami, shows Julia how to bake traditional Polish cakes know

EP 13

Norman Love

Norman Love, executive pastry chef at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, FL, shows how to make savory puffs and eclairs. The do

EP 1

Martha Stewart Pt. 1

Martha Stewart joins Julia to bake a three-tiered wedding cake. She prepares the batter, bakes each layer in graduated d

EP 2

Martha Stewart Pt. 2

Martha Stewart completes the wedding cake by assembling the individual cakes that serve as building blocks. The "mortar"

EP 3

Nancy Silverton

Nancy Silverton, owner of La Brea Bakery in Los Angeles, bakes a crème fraîche brioche torte with fresh fruit poached

EP 4

Michel Richard

Master chef Michel Richard, owner of Los Angeles' renowned Citrus restaurant, works his magic with puff pastry, making m

EP 5

Lauren Groveman

Lauren Groveman, New York cooking teacher and cookbook author, demonstrates how easy it is to make European ethnic speci

EP 6

Johanne Killeen

Johanne Killeen, chef and co-owner of Al Forno Restaurant in Providence, RI, bakes two American classics: gingerbread ba

EP 7

Marcel Desaulniers

Marcel Desaulniers, chef and owner of the Trellis Restaurant in historic Williamsburg, VA and author of Death by Chocola

EP 8

Nick Malgieri

Nick Malgieri, author of several award-winning books on baking, demonstrates authentic Sicilian specialities like savory

EP 9

Mary Bergin

Mary Bergin, of Las Vegas, NV, demonstrates how to make a vanilla chiffon cake with a twist—a full vanilla flavor and

EP 10

Markus Farbinger

Markus Farbinger, master teacher at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY, bakes a warm poppyseed torte wit

EP 11

Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid

Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid, a husband-and-wife baking team from Toronto, demonstrate two different kinds of naan, a

EP 12

Gale Gand

Gale Gand, pastry chef and owner of Chicago's Vanilla Bean Bakery, creates a "not-your-usual" lemon meringue pie for one

EP 13

Flo Braker

Flo Braker, a San Francisco baker, author, and cooking teacher, turns out two crunchy butter galettes. One is a sweet tr

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