Showing posts with label Julia Child. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Julia Child. Show all posts

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Secret Agent Julia Childs.....


I am in awe this morning with the most random story I have heard in a very longtime -- everyone remembers chef Julia Child and her famed cooking shows that ran for years (plus she penned a number of cookbooks)  Quite possibly you found her style a wee bit on the dry side (at least I did when I was a child).  Alas the truth is revealed four years after her death at 91 that she was a spy during WWII.  Is it just me or is she truly the last person you would ever expect to be a spy....which I guess is the point, right?



Perhaps Martha Stewart was never really in jail - maybe her whole scandal was part of a secret espionage ploy!  Mrs. Child's name has just been released with 24,000 other names who at some point did a little spy work on behalf of the United States Government!  


I am really curious to what kind of spy work she did.  I have this vision of her teaching James Bond how to make the perfect accoutrement for his martini.