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Forget the cheap white wine: go to beef and gin!

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Julia Child
Age: 91 †
Born: 1912
Born: August 15
Died: 2004
Died: August 13
Chef
Cook
Television Presenter
Writer
Pasadena
California
Julia Carolyn Child
Cheap
Wine
Forget
White
Gin
Beef

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