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I still feel that French cooking is the most important in the world, one of the few that has rules. If you follow the rules, you can do pretty well.

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Julia Child
Age: 91 †
Born: 1912
Born: August 15
Died: 2004
Died: August 13
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Pasadena
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Julia Carolyn Child
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