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RIP, Julia
: Julia Child, who taught America how to cook, has died.
Here, at Epicurious, was one of the service’s first cool icons — in the days when cool icons were cool: An actual-size Xerox of Julia’s hand. No nicks, no cuts, all fingers in place.
: Ken Layne’s farewell:
Julia Child died in her sleep just a few days before her 92nd birthday, proving once again that eating well & drinking buckets of wine will give you a long, happy life.
We didn’t learn to cook from her. For that, we bought “The Joy of Cooking.” We just wanted to watch her. She made cooking a hoot.
Just goes to show you that you can eat well and still live a long life. I think Julia Child was one of the greats.
I’m going to eat a stick of butter and drink a quart of cream in her honor.
The lady rocked.
I adored her. I’m glad she was around as long as she was, she was great.
Is epicurious one of the websites under your presidency? Just wondering. It’s a good site, as is concierge and style, even though I don’t cook, travel or fashion.
Wow, she must have been a tiny, tiny woman.
That, or a scan of her hand that maybe was designed for display on a 640×480, 72dpi, 15″ display in 1996 doesn’t look quite right on my modern 1600×1200, 110dpi, 23″ display in 2004…