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B. Dylan Hollis Bdylanhollis tiktok.com/ @bdylanhollis

Hollis has nearly 10 million followers. He tackles obscure 19th- and 20thcentury recipes with personality. Think ambrosia, cowboy cookies and clam biscuits.

Afia Amoako eatwithafia tiktok.com/ @eatwithafia

Amoako pays tribute to her Ghanaian roots and shares traditional West African dishes as she looks for ways to incorporate a sustainable vegan lifestyle.

Jamie Burton the.slow.oven tiktok.com/ @the.slow.oven

Burton is building his TikTok presence and has been on-site recently at The Henry Ford to film for his social channels. He heralds himself as a “friendly neighborhood time-traveler, here to share my adventures in domestic history with you.” Focuses on 18th- and 19th-century cooking.

Townsends youtube.com/ @townsends

Although not on TikTok, Townsends has a very active YouTube presence and entertains more than 2 million subscribers with content related to 18th-century living and cooking.

Through Sept. 10, visitors to the Julia Child: A Recipe for Life exhibition in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation can take a deep dive into the enduring career and legacy of iconic chef Julia Child. As part of the exhibition’s lessons on legacy, visitors can hear clips from some of today’s most popular celebrity chefs sharing in their own words how Child influenced their careers. It is obvious Child’s impact is far reaching. Here are a few reactions from this story’s featured cooks on the matter.

According to Barry Enderwick of the Sandwiches of History video series, spontaneity and learning from mistakes are part and parcel of the cook’s life. He shared that it was by watching Julia Child that he learned how to be thoughtful about technique and also how to go with the flow. “Things happen when cooking, and you need to be able to adapt and keep going,” he said.

Glen Powell of LeGourmet TV said lately he has observed that too many TV cooking shows seem to be prioritizing perfect plating over taste. Powell shared that one of the most important lessons he learned from Julia Child is, “It’s OK to make a mess in the kitchen; it’s OK to make mistakes; that cooking is sometimes a messy proposition, but in the end it’s the way the food tastes that really counts.”

Victory Kitchen’s Sarah Creviston Lee recalls watching the movie Julie & Julia when it came out in 2009 and really connecting with Julie Powell’s character. “I loved the idea of cooking my way through an entire cookbook as sort of a culinary and spiritual journey. In some way, Powell’s project inspired me to cook my way through World War II history and blog about it. I can definitely say that my life has never been the same again since then.”