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Julia Child's Slate DiaryThe inimitable chef on grocery shopping, tricky sauces, and what to eat for breakfast.


Posted Friday, Aug. 13, 2004, at 1:52 PM ET

Julia Child, the chef who demystified French cooking for countless Americans, died today at the age of 91. In 2000, she wrote a Slate Diary that—like so much of her writing—was welcoming, unfussy, and charmingly brisk. "We have decided," she wrote, "to do a demonstration about sauces. People seem to be afraid to make them, and that's silly because they aren't that difficult to do, and they add so much to the dish."

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