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Thursday, August 14, 2008 12:00 AM

Girl crush: Julia Child

America's favorite chef was also a top-secret WWII spy.

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  • Thursday, August 14, 2008 02:16 PM

    When I saw this I thought it was something new

    Because I knew about the OSS posting before, from her autobiography and interviews. Doesn't sound new, unless it adds details to what she has discussed before, which would be interesting, although it really doesn't take much to make Julia Child interesting.

    I used to watch her show with my Mom when it first was on PBS, the old ones in black and white. We loved it. I saw the exhibit at the Smithsonian and I remember one clip from the continuous video of her interviews and shows that they had running where she was talking about how you should eat a little bit of everything, but in moderation and the interviewer asked her, "So, you believe in red meat?" and she said, "Oh, yes. Red meat and gin."

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