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The revered chef Julia Child had her "culinary revelation" in France in 1948, when she was 32 years old. What meal inspired her love of food?

The revered chef Julia Child had her "culinary revelation" in France in 1948, when she was 32 years old. What meal inspired her love of food?
  • escargot and veal liver
  • salad nicoise and pork tenderloin
  • French onion soup and chicken cordon bleu
  • oysters and sole

Answer:

Julia moved to France with her husband in 1948 where she had a culinary revolution when dining on oysters, sole mauniere and fine wine. In The New York Times, she once described this experience as "an opening up of the soul and spirit".

[ Source: Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child, (Doubleday, 1997) ]

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