Julia Child; Photo: WGBH

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.