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Julia Child sits in her kitchen on August 19, 2002, after it was moved from Cambridge, Massachusetts, and rebuilt as an exhibit marking her 90th birthday at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC.

Cooking legend, TV personality, (and Pasadenan!) Julia Child gets the silver screen treatment in "Julie & Julia." To celebrate, LA Times food writer Russ Parsons revels in original episodes of "The French Chef." Russ was the first person to write about the Julie Powell blog, and was the one who showed it to Julia. He profiles the movie in August 12th's LA Times Food Section (see link on left).