In 1966, Boston’s public television station produced two groundbreaking TV shows in the same studio. One was Julia Child’s “The French Chef.” The other was “Cooking with Joyce Chen.” A half-century ...

Before food television became big business, two local women changed the way America ate and cooked. The first appearance of Housekeeper’s Column, which editor Estelle Hatch would make into the first ...

Click to open image viewer. “Cooking is an art—an unselfish art which you will enjoy sharing with others,” wrote Joyce Chen (1917–1994), one of America’s greatest popularizers of Chinese food. From ...

PBS cooking shows changed my life. PBS cooking shows changed yours, too, whether or not you actually watch them. Julia Child’s “The French Chef” wasn’t just the first PBS cooking show — it was the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. “Cooking is an art—an unselfish art ...