Julia Child letters at Ransom Center

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Louisette Bertholle, Simone (Simca) Beck, and Julia Child, authors of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, 1953, available to view at the Harry Ransom Center.

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Louisette Bertholle, Simone (Simca) Beck, and Julia Child, authors of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, 1953, available to view at the Harry Ransom Center.

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A letter from Julia Child to Judith Jones, 1961, available to view at the Harry Ransom Center.

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A letter from Julia Child to Judith Jones, February 25, 1961, available to view at the Harry Ransom Center.

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A letter from Julia Child to Judith Jones. October 31, 1960, available to view at the Harry Ransom Center.

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A letter from Julia Child to Judith Jones. February 25, 1961, available to view at the Harry Ransom Center.

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A letter from Judith Jones to Avis DeVoto, May 6, 1960, available to view at the Harry Ransom Center.

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In this Oct. 11, 2001 file photo, chef, cookbook author and television show host Julia Child is shown in Northampton, Mass.

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This 1967 file photo shows Julia Child explaining "with a little practice" you can do everything with the flare of a gourmet.

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Julia Child holding up a monkfish on her TV show, "Julia Child and Company."

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Julia Child shows off her recently remodeled kitchen in her Montecito, Calif., home on Feb. 15, 2002.

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This Nov. 24, 1970 file photo shows television cooking personality Julia Child preparing a French delicacy in her cooking studio.

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Judith Jones at her apartment in New York, Oct. 12, 2007.

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This Aug. 13, 1992 file photo shows chef and author Julia Child showing off tomatoes in the kitchen at her home in Cambridge, Mass.

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This Nov. 19, 1975 file photo shows Julia Child, left, and James Beard, being honored by the New York Wine and Food Society at a dinner at the Pierre Hotel.

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Film publicity image released by Columbia Pictures, Meryl Streep portrays Julia Child in a scene from, "Julie & Julia."

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This Aug. 21, 1978 file photo shows chef Julia Child showing a salade nicoise she prepared in the kitchen of her vacation home in Grasse, southern France.

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This Nov. 17, 2000 file photo shows television chefs Julia Child and Emeril Lagasse shown on the set of Lagasse's show in New York.

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