Cooking with the Real Julia Child

This summer, Academy Award winner Meryl Streep plays the cooking master in <span style='font-style: italic'>Julie and Julia</span>. The film is based in part on the career
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Julia and Meryl
This summer, Academy Award–winner Meryl Streep, right, plays the cooking master in Julie & Julia. The film is based in part on the career of Child, television's first kitchen star.

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