That is not at all accurate. Julia Child rose to prominence as a counterpoint to the proliferation of TV dinners. WWII basically created an entire culture and an entire ecosystem of frozen and prepacked food; the rise of the supermarket coincided with the downfall of fresh ingredients and local specialists. Julia Child's "whole schtick" was that you could take ingredients and make food without having to mix carrots and jello. More than that, early food network started with Sarah Moulton, who started out as one of Julia Child's assistants. Except eggs. In foodieism, cooking with eggs is a "whatever it's still food" task. But cooking eggs is fucking fundamentalist.Counterpoint: you don't watch Julia Child (or any cooking personality) to get "edible".