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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.
Judy Berman

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  • Thursday, August 14, 2008 01:28 PM

    Julia Child, the spy

    Articles like this - i have read several in recent days - are a waste of time and energy.

    What Child did with the OSS during WW II has been known, and documented, for a long time. I myself have known about it for at least 20 years, maybe longer. She made no secret of it, even pointing out several times that's how she met her husband Paul. She never tried to hide or deny anything she did during the War.

    So what's the big deal? This isn't news, it's decades old. So why write something that adds nothing to our knowledge and understanding of one of America's cultural icons?

    Maybe jealousy, because she cooked better than you can?

    —rkscher Read rkscher's other letters

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