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Article: Julia Child stood tall in more ways than one
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- August 18, 2004
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Afew years ago, when the pundits were drawing up lists of the most
influential Americans of the 20th century, the obvious candidate
popped into my head: Julia Child.
Sure, Einstein and FDR were important, but Julia Child improved
the way we live, three meals a day every day. She introduced millions
to pleasures previously unknown.
Julia Child was a giant -- literally, at 6-feet-2, and
figuratively, as a powerful democratizer and demystifier of
delicious, sophisticated and sensual French cooking for average
Americans. She died Friday, two days short of her 92nd birthday.
At a time when most Americans had never encountered a croissant or
knew how a chicken really ought to taste, Julia Child ...