Fright Knife
notes: label: Description
content: Julia Child called this 20-inch-long knife, with its serrated, stainless steel blade and rosewood handle, her “fright” knife. She wielded it in several of her early, televised cooking shows to great comic effect, memorably tapping each of the “Chicken Sisters” with its blade (“Miss Broiler! Miss Fryer! Miss Roaster! Miss Caponette! Miss Stewer! And Old Madame Hen!”) in a 1970 episode of <i>The French Chef</i>. A self-avowed “knife freak,” Julia accumulated a large collection of kitchen knives, and this one became a favorite prop for getting viewers’ attention on television.
place: label: used
content: United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
topic: label: used
content: Entertainment, Film
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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: Gift of Julia Child
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0253.0549
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0253.0549
label: accession number
content: 2001.0253
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 51.5 cm x 7 cm x 3 cm; 20 9/32 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 3/16 in