Julia Child Was My Boss, With Stephanie Hersh

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Stephanie Hersh dreamed of a job in the culinary world, but she never imagined she would have a front row seat to the life of the biggest culinary icon around, Julia Child. Stephanie became Julia’s executive assistant in the most unlikely of ways, when a chance phone call came into the secretarial school she was attending after time at the Culinary Institute of America. The only catch? Julia wanted an office assistant, not a starry-eyed culinary school grad. Stephanie talked her way into the job and wound up becoming Julia’s right hand for almost 16 years. Today, Stephanie is a chef instructor with Oceania Cruises and is based in New Zealand. She joins host Kerry Diamond to share some of her memories, her thoughts on the film "Julie & Julia," and what Julia was like as a boss. Thank you to Mommenpop for sponsoring this episode. Our theme song is by the band Tra La La. Subscribe to our newsletter and check out past episodes and transcripts here! Listen to Dishing on Julia, The Official HBO Max Companion podcast, here!

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0:00.0	Hi, boys and girls are all fired up.
0:08.0	Boys and girls are all about it.
0:11.0	Oh, world's shaking, breaking, baby, and we're all about it.
0:15.0	Hi, everyone.
0:18.0	You're listening to Radio Cherrybaum, and I'm your host, Carrie Diamond, coming to you this week from CityVox Studios in Manhattan. I've been here working on Dishing on Julia, the official HBO Max companion podcast for Julia, the series based on the life of Julia Child. The podcast and the series both premiered today. I'm hosting the podcast, so I would
0:40.0	love for all of you to give a listen and subscribe. To celebrate, we've got a special Julia
0:45.5	Child-inspired episode today. We're rebroadcasting my interview with the delightful Stephanie
0:50.7	Hersh, who was Julia's executive personal assistant for almost 16 years.
0:55.8	Stephanie helped the culinary icon at every turn, and she joined me last year to share her
1:00.4	incredible experience working with Julia. I love talking to Stephanie, so please stay tuned
1:05.2	and give a listen. Today's episode is sponsored by Mom and Pop. Mom and Pop is a California citrus aperitif made in Napa with peak season local organic citrus.
1:17.0	I would like to be sipping an aperitif in Napa right now.
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1:22.6	Wine maker Samantha Sheehan created Mom and Pop in the summer of 2017
1:26.7	when she couldn't find the refreshing,
1:28.9	juicy, citrus-forward, low APV beverage she was craving. For her first batch, she began with a
1:34.7	base of her own Chardonnay, layered it with hundreds of pounds of fresh Seville oranges,
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1:45.8	Seville Orange, Ruby Grapefruit, and Blood Orange, plus limited-run seasonal products, all centering
1:52.0	around a unique citrus varietal. Mom and Pop contains no added sugar, flavors, or colorings.
1:57.6	It's delicious by itself over ice, in a spritz, or as a twist on your favorite classic cocktail. If you're coming to Jubilee this Saturday, be sure to stop by the mom-and-pop bar to say hello to Sam and the team and to try their Meyer lemon sprits. And then on Sunday, April 3rd, don't miss the mom-and-pop-up, get it, mom-and Mom and Popup, at Leanda on Smith Street in
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