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The one and only Julia chatted by phone with Lynne for our annual holiday show in December 2000. When Lynne asked about her favorite cookbooks published in 2000, Julia named these titles:

• 50 Chowders: One Pot Meals Clam, Corn and Beyond by Jasper White (Scribner, 2000)
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• How to Cook Meat by John Willoughby and Chris Schlesinger (HarperCollins, 2000)
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• Simple to Spectacular: How to Take One Basic Recipe to Four Levels of Sophistication by Jean George Vongerichten and Mark Bittman (Broadway Books, 2000)
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• Myrtle Allen's Cooking at Ballymaloe House: Featuring 100 Recipes from Ireland's Most Famous Guest House by Myrtle Allen (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2000)
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• From My Chateau Kitchen by Anne Willan (Clarkson Potter, 2000)

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