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The dinner hour is a sacred, happy time when everyone should be together and relaxed.

Julia Child

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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
Dinner
Hour
Sacred
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Happy
Everyone
Together
Time
Relaxed

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