Julia Child's favorite mayonnaise is Hellman's mayonnaise which she kept on hand for her convenience and for use in her favorite recipes including tuna salad.
Julia Child also mastered her own homemade mayonnaise and dedicated an episode of the The French Chef to her homemade mayonnaise.
Although Julia Child still preferred the store bought Hellmann's mayo for quick meals, especially in tuna salad sandwiches and for the convenience of the already maid mayonnaise.
Julia Child's favorite soup is Vichyssoise which is a Leek and Potato soup that is known as potage parmentier in French and is a classic base soup recipe.
The thing that sets vichyssoise soup apart is the addition of cream and the fact that it's also traditionally served chilled instead of hot.
The most famous Julia Child recipe is Boeuf Bourguignon.
Julia Child's Boeuf Bourguignon is a rich and hearty beef stew that is braised in red wine and gained recognition after being featured in the movie Julie & Julia and for it's presence in Julia Child's seminal cookbook called Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
Julia Child's famous phrase was "With enough butter, anything is good".
Julia Child also had other notable quotes and recurring phrases like "Bon appetit!" that she said at the end of her show and she also had encouraging advice to "Have a what the hell attitude" in the kitchen.
The illness that Julia Child had was breast cancer in which she was diagnosed with in the mid 1960s.
Although Julia Child had a mastectomy and recovered successfully from the breast cancer and she then lived a long and healthy life before passing away at the age of 91 in 2004 from kidney failure.
Julia Child was also a smoker and a heavy smoker at that.
Although Julia Child was a heavy smoker much of her life, Julia Child did quit smoking in 1968 after she had a medical scare
Julia Child was a lifelong smoker and she continued to smoke even during her early Television career before she decided to quit smoking and became a symbol of the era when smoking was also commonplace and more accepted.
Julia Child started smoking in her early twenties and she was a dedicated smoker for many years.
Julia Child was also described as a heavy smoker who would smoke even between courses during meals.
But after Julia Child had a significant medical event she eventually quit smoking in 1968.
And at that time Julia Child had been smoking for many years and was also a role model for many people.
Julia Carolyn Child was an American Chef, author and television personality and she revolutionized America cuisine by introducing the public to French cooking.
Julia Child's award winning cookbooks and world famous TV shows also presented sophisticated French cuisine in an approachable way for over 4 decades.
Julia Child was born August 15th 1912 in Pasadena, CA and died at age 91 years old on August 13th 2004 in Montecito, CA.