Local Foodies Channel Julia Child

Inspired by "Julie & Julia," and Julia Child's 100th birthday, the writer cooks a dinner featuring some of Child's greatest hits with liberal amounts of butter.

It was a big day for me when I learned that curry leaves are available in South Orange. I e-mailed some friends, the ones who, like me, make it through a tough day with thoughts of cheese from Eden Gourmet. Mary replied, “Who ever thought we’d see the day? Curry leaves in town!" and listed her most recent local food finds. For such friends and for me, today, which would have been Julia Child's one hundreth birthday, is a celebration. Modern “foodies” owe it all to the late, great Julia Child, whose television presence and hefty volumes taught us how and what to cook when inspiration struck. Her memoir, My Life in France, has been on my iPod this summer, all six hours of it, and I listen while I walk through town. When the story concludes, …

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