small h Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/dining/julie-powell-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare Good lord. At 49! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephanieL Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 Damn young to have a heart attack. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
small h Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 I need to lie down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Behemoth Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 😯 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sneakeater Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 “I don’t understand how she could have problems with [my recipes],” [Russ Parsons] recalled [Julia Child] telling him. “She just must not be much of a cook.” Oh snap. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
small h Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 I've read quite a bit about Child's behavior toward Powell, and Child did not come off well at all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AaronS Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 that's scary as shit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
splinky Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 1 hour ago, small h said: I've read quite a bit about Child's behavior toward Powell, and Child did not come off well at all. Julia had sort of a Fred Bridge thing happening Quote Link to post Share on other sites
small h Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 I did not know that name, and now I do, and yes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joethefoodie Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 I guess Fred and Julia did not suffer fools gladly. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
small h Posted November 2, 2022 Author Share Posted November 2, 2022 Except that Powell wasn't a fool. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mongo_jones Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 8 hours ago, StephanieL said: Damn young to have a heart attack. hard to know what it was. "cardiac arrest" is a very broad term. might have been due to an arrhythmia, possibly linked to a congenital condition. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joethefoodie Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 9 hours ago, small h said: Except that Powell wasn't a fool. No, just someone who had a good idea and was able to market that idea, after someone else had done the really hard work of writing that classic cook book. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greenspace Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, joethefoodie said: No, just someone who had a good idea and was able to market that idea, after someone else had done the really hard work of writing that classic cook book. She didn't market the idea, the marketing found her. We need to remember that the web was a much different, smaller place then and Blogger was a very shiny new thing. One mention by kottke or on metafilter could bring alot of eyes, including Amanda Hesser's to whatever one was doing. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
small h Posted November 2, 2022 Author Share Posted November 2, 2022 17 minutes ago, joethefoodie said: after someone else had done the really hard work of writing that classic cook book. Which had never made the best seller list until the movie about Powell came out. You'd think Child would've been at least a little grateful for that. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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