Food

Julia Child’s Beef Bourguignon

Well, its almost Julia Child's recipe, close but no Chianti

Michael Rhodes
The DIY Diaries
Published in
7 min readJan 26, 2023

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Ingredients for Beef Bourguignon made by yours truly — Photo by Author

My son sent me a text asking if Pinot Noir was the correct wine to make Beef Bourguignon. I said, “Yes, but Julia Child would say it should be from Burgundy, but I use California Pinot since it’s cheaper.”

He followed up with the below picture of his Beef Bourguignon.

Picture of our Son’s Beef Bourguignon — Photo by Michael Rhodes Jr.

Looks delicious, doesn't it? He is a very good cook.

But he is in Japan, and I’m in California, so I didn’t get to share in his creation. I felt like it was food abuse, sending Dad a picture when he knows darn well; it’s one of my favorite foods.

Rub salt into the wound; I think they have a name for this . . . “Parent Abuse.”

Well, fine, I have a stove; I’ll make my own.

After searching for my copy of Julia Child’s cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, I couldn’t find it.

So I did a google search and found tons of supposedly Julia Child's recipes, most of them horribly wrong.

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Michael Rhodes
The DIY Diaries

Retired - Top writer in Sustainability, Travel & Food. Married 41 years, we have a Corgi dog. Love, camping, baseball, Bonsai, travel, & food.