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Fake food -- I mean those patented substances chemically flavored and mechanically bulked out to kill the appetite and deceive the gut -- is unnatural, almost immoral, a bane to good eating and good cooking.

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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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