Watchers of Julia Child's TV show The French Chef marveled at how she disposed of dirty pans and kitchen debris by simply handing stuff down beneath her countertop. Was she putting it temporarily on a shelf out of sight, or was there a little man down below to receive it? Turns out there was a multitude around her ankles, at least in the promotional shot made in 1964 by her husband, artist and retired diplomat Paul Child, in the Cambridge Gas and Electric kitchen.
