Blowtorch used by Julia Child
date: label: date made
content: 1963 - 1993
name: label: licensee
content: Bernzomatic Corporation
label: maker
content: Bernzomatic Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: Julia Child used this brass blowtorch and hose, attached to a fuel canister (not included in collection), for browning meringue (e.g., for Baked Alaska) and caramelizing crème brûlée. Julia introduced her students and fans to this tool adapted for the kitchen on her televised cooking shows. As an effective prop, it was also a new way of doing a technically difficult task. After watching Julia wield the blowtorch, aspiring cooks went to hardware stores and demanded blowtorches too. When smaller, specialized cook’s blowtorches became widely available, they replaced the large torches and tanks. This blowtorch was manufactured by the Bernzomatic Corporation in Germany.
place: label: place made
content: West Germany
label: associated place
content: Germany, Federal Republic of
topic: label: Subject
content: Cooking
label: Subject
content: Radio and television broadcasting
label: Subject
content: Television broadcasts
label: Subject
content: Food Culture
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content: Home and Community Life: Occupations
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content: Food
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content: FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000
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content: Julia Child's Kitchen
label: Exhibition
content: Food: Transforming the American Table
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Julia Child
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0140.01
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0140.01
label: accession number
content: 1993.0140
label: patent number
content: 3029807
objectType: label: Object Name
content: blowtorch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 155 cm; 61 1/32 in