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December 23, 1974

The New Yorker cover for December 23, 1974

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Cooking with Julia Child

Calvin Tomkins

Calvin Tomkins’s 1974 profile of Julia Child, the co-author of “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” who was celebrated for her down-to-earth cooking style on the hit television program “The French Chef.”