Julia Child’s Kitchen, Andy Warhol’s Soup Cans, and More Mouthwatering Tales

[Thanksgiving Special: A Veritable Feast From the V.F. Archive]( [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair's Cocktail Hour]( A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks November 26, 2020 [The Fault in Their Stars]( [For 90 years the world’s finest restaurants have been navigating by the stars—those coveted Michelin awards. And yet, in recent years, a handful of talented chefs have refused the honor. Talking with New York’s biggest culinary names, Sam Kashner discovered the power of Michelin’s ranking system as it affects a kitchen’s creativity, morale, and bottom line.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Andy’s Meal Ticket]( [In 2018, as the Whitney mounted the first major American Warhol retrospective in almost 30 years, Mark Rozzo told the little-known saga of the genesis—and seismic impact—of those iconic cans of Campbell’s.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [A Taste of Fame]( [For a brainy model then with a hot new cookbook, marriage to a literary superstar created opportunities—and problems. In 2007, Top Chef’s Padma Lakshmi had an empire in the making, but Salman Rushdie wouldn’t be part of it.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Live, From Tribeca!]( [A neon-lit promise of excitement on Tribeca’s then dark streets, the Odeon was the restaurant that defined New York’s ’80s: a retro haven for the likes of Warhol and Basquiat, De Niro and Belushi, with a cocaine-fueled scene captured in Bright Lights, Big City. In an oral history inspired by the Odeon’s 25th anniversary, staffers and such habitués as Tom Wolfe, Lorne Michaels, and Jay McInerney shared their table-hopping, fistfighting memories with Frank DiGiacomo.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Our Lady of the Kitchen]( [The making of the cultural phenomenon that was Julia Child had three key ingredients: a man, a meal, and a TV camera. In 2009, five years after Child’s death, as Meryl Streep played the woman who revolutionized America’s relationship with food, Laura Jacobs recalled the wartime romance between Julia McWilliams and Paul Child, the bride’s life-altering first lunch (sole meunière) in France, and the 1962 television appearance that turned her into a star—and her book Mastering the Art of French Cooking into a bible.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now]( [(image) Condé Nast Spotlight | The breaking news and top stories everyone is talking about. All in one place. The most popular stories from Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired, Architectural Digest and more. STAY INFORMED]( [Vanity Fair Logo](www.vanityfair.com) [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.