>> the inemitable julia child. >> she's a celebrity. >> i cannot tell you what it was like to see 500 or 700 women waiting to see julia child cook. and of course sales of mastering absolutely soared. julia really started the whole love of cookbooks and the whole desire for publishers to promote one. >> i think i love you. it's good. >> it was a surprise how it took off. she was in her 50s. i don't know what she expected, but i imagine she hoped it was going to work. but i don't think she had any idea of the magnitude of it.