I just sat down to check my email and Tom’s flight status and I read that Julia Child died! Check out her obituary . I do love how real she was in the kitchen. It was very interesting to read about her life, and her motivation for learning to cook… even though all of the wives in her circle of influence had hired, personal cooks!

I will never forget one cooking show episode of Cooking at Home with her and Jacques Pepin (they co-wrote a book together with by the same name) where they were making crepes.

Now those of you who know me well, know that I adore crepes, so I was watching with great interest.

Julia and Jacques were making a dish with buttered crepes, sugar, nuts and fruit. They put the cooked crepe back in the pan with butter, and Julia said in her warbled, dear voice, “we need to add some more butter” and Jacques replied in his French, smooth talking accident, “Ooo.. Julia….. this looks soooo good! This is not a dish you would could eat every day, though.” She smiled and said something true to her motto, “That’s right… everything in moderation… but I can’t wait to taste these crepes!” It was so sweet! Tom and I were laughing hysterically, and we still can’t make crepes without going into character and reciting these lines.

I Googled “Julia Child” and came across a very interesting story about her on the NPR site how she helped cook shark repellent to coat underwater explosives during WWII.

What an interesting woman! Julia will be missed.