Julia Child Dies

Julia Child, who brought French cooking into American homes through her PBS program, has died at age 91 in her sleep. Much loved, for her passion and wit, as well as for her tendency to add in some extra alcohol to a dish, Child will be missed, but Gothamist is happy she had a full life.

A recent MNBC article about Child.
- PBS' page about Julia Child
- Snopes on Child's Play
- The Julie/Julia Project is a blog where a home chef tackel Julia's Mastering the Art of French Cooking
- A great Salon featured about Child.
- After her husband died, she moved from her home in Massachusetts to a condo in California; we remember an episode of a Wolfgang Puck cooking show where he visited her in her tiny kitchen and they had a grand time. Child's old kitchen is at the Smithsonian.
- Julia Child's books on Amazon.

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By Jen Chung in Food on August 13, 2004 11:26 AM

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Julia Child's last interview can be read via Verbose Coma, here.

Ron Mwangaguhunga

I remember being a kid in the 1970s, an emigre from Uganda and being just fascinated by her and the mysterious WGBH from whence her transmission originated. My mom made crepes for me and my brothers and sister assiduously following Julia Child's recipe on "The French Chef." And I'll be damned if they weren't the best crepes I've had to this day. RIP, Julia Child.

cblythsr

One of the greatest things Julia ever did was with the Boston Pops Orchestra and Arthur Fiedler. The subject was "Tubby the Tuba!"

I still enjoy her rendition which makes it a classic!

sheila

Ackroyd.

No comedy better than blood being hosed all over the place. See also Holy Grail.

apu

can't think of her without thinking of dan ackroyd (or was it john belushi?) saying "saaaaaaaaaave the giblets. you must saaaaaaaaave the giblets" and then hacking off a thumb.