Looking Back and Whiskey with a side of Milk

This morning I was reading about Julie Child. She was part of a cooking demonstration given in La Jolla almost 3o years ago. I got the booklet at a thrift store. It was fun to look back in time. One of the main recipes was a choulibiac (fish in pastry--very French and that's how they spelled it in the U.C.S.D. Med. Faculty Wives Cooking Series brochure). I have had some experience with that dish when I was a caterer many years ago. I love it and Julia too. When I was growing up in front of the t.v., however, Graham Kerr was the man I watched all the time. It's funny because my brother told me mom really wanted to be Graham Kerr (he mentioned something about alcohol and Graham, but I was too young to focus on that). I told him mom wanted to be Jack LaLane. He wore those weird polyester jumpsuits and could swim forever. I remember watching Julia Child, but I don't ever remember wanting to be her. My generation, watching Saturday Night Live, liked to poke fun more than anything. Even though I wanted to become a journalist, one of my first jobs, was cooking. I worked in an oyster bar as a short order cook. I made Oysters Rockefeller and Clams Casino. This was when the Orange County Performing Arts Center was just being built. Old Timers from the theater would come in and order shrimp scampi and whiskey with a side of milk. Those were the days.