Ep. 44 - A Culinary Journey with JULIA and Janet Cam
Sarah Lancashire as Julia Child and David Hyde Pierce as Paul Child in JULIA. Photograph by Sebastein Gonon/Max
JULIA, based on the life of the "French Chef" star and cookbook author Julia Child, is back for a 2nd season on Max. Wine expert and culinary strategist JANET CAM is also back on the podcast in Episode 44 for another conversation with The Boston Sisters about good wine and food (see previous podcasts below). Janet Cam was the co-founder of Washington, DC's storied Le Pavillon restaurant, the first nouvelle cuisine restaurant of its kind in the U.S. In the podcast, Janet shares her wine and culinary journeys and challenges. The conversation also highlights how the JULIA series mirrors the personal and professional challenges for women in male-dominated spaces as we see “The French Chef” and Julia Child’s star rise.
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JANET CAM
Janet Cam was the co-founder of Le Pavillon, the first nouvelle cuisine restaurant in America. She is a recipient of the Wine Spectator’s Grand Award and is included in Who’s Who in America’s Restaurants. Janet appears on various media platforms, and conducts private and public wine tastings and wine dinners — from the daily pop and pour to the rare and the wonderful — Janet helps people define their personal wine preferences. Janet’s presentations include Wine Tastings paired with Cantonese cuisine.
Janet provides consulting services to restaurant and hospitality related businesses, leading a collaborative process to build profitable ventures from the ground up and redevelop existing businesses into fresh, competitive operations.
She also serves as a judge for the James Beard Foundation’s prestigious culinary awards named for the chef and cookbook author, James Beard, who’s depicted in JULIA.
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More wine and food journeys with Janet Cam are featured in these podcasts
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In episode 12, The Boston Sisters (Michon and Taquiena) riff on impressions of the HBO Max series and Julia Child's impact on American cooks, public television, and our own palates with restaurant consultant and wine expert, Janet Cam (a co-founder of Le Pavillon, the first nouvelle cuisine restaurant in America). This podcast explores food, culture, and identity as examples of the "joie de vivre" that Julia Child inspired through her cooking shows and cook books as well as how her life demonstrates that it's never too late to become who you are meant to be.
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This bonus podcast, “Brideshead [Re] Revisited,” features the recording from a Clubhouse conversation on January 21, 2022 where friends gathered to talk about Brideshead Revisited and why it resonates 40 years later. In the recording you’ll hear:
Along with other guests, the podcast includes wine recommendations from food, wine, and restaurant strategist Janet Cam to recreate a taste of the Brideshead era.
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED was the DOWNTON ABBEY of its time. The miniseries premiered in the UK in 1981 and the U.S. in 1982 on PBS “Great Performances.”
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Created by Daniel Goldfarb (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), HBO Max’s JULIA is inspired by Julia Child’s extraordinary life and her long-running public television series, The French Chef, which pioneered the modern cooking show. With her trailblazing cooking show, “The French Chef,” up and running on air, Julia grapples with her rising celebrity and what that means for her, her colleagues and her show. In season two, Julia and her devoted husband Paul return from Simca’s home in France to find that her success has changed everything. Through her singular joie de vivre, she and her team must navigate WGBH, the White House and a threat from their past, while continuing to spearhead female-driven public television that confronts social issues still prevalent today.
Cast: Sarah Lancashire (Julia Child), David Hyde Pierce (Paul Child), Bebe Neuwirth (Avis DeVoto), Brittany Bradford (Alice Naman), Fran Kranz (Russ Morash), Fiona Glascott (Judith Jones), Isabella Rossellini (Simone “Simca” Beck), Robert Joy (Hunter Fox), Judith Light (Blanche Knopf), James Cromwell (John McWilliams), and Christian Clemenson (James Beard).