On November 19, 2024, the Laguna Niguel Historical Society joined with the Friends of the Laguna Niguel Library, the Laguna Niguel Woman's Club and the Brown Club of Orange County to host a conversation with Paula Johnson, curator of food history and the director of the American Food History Project at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. The conversation focused on Ms. Johnson's new book, Julia Child's Kitchen: the Design, Tools, Stories and Legacy of an Iconic Space, published by Abrams in October 2024.   Ms. Johnson not only described in detail the content of her new book, she also shared stories of what it has been like to watch visitors to the Museum interact with Julia Child's Kitchen during the past twenty years. Ms. Johnson was interviewed by Todd Schulkin, Executive Director of the Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts.

Additonal photos of this event posted by the Brown Club of Orange County can be found by clicking on the following link.  We hope to be able to make a video recording of the event available to our members in the near future.

Copies of Julia Child's Kitchen, can be ordered from either Amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com