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Too much trouble, Too expensive, or Who will know the difference are death knells for good food.

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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
Good
Expensive
Difference
Differences
Food
Trouble
Death
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