298146 Fri Aug 13 13:29:01 -0700 2004 4 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 1647630 I know for a fact that my love of cooking came from watching her shows at an early age. I am almost certain that most of the great food that we talk about in American restaurants owes something to her. What about you? What did Ms. Child mean to you? Fri Aug 13 13:29:01 -0700 2004 0 Tugboat 1 1647633 Please join the discussion of the unfortunate death of Ms. Child on our Not About Food board, via link below. Replies here will be deleted. Link: http://www.chowhound.com/boards/notfood/messages/44204.html Fri Aug 13 13:33:42 -0700 2004 1647630 2 The Chowhound Team 2 1647637 You're quite right that this is not the appropriate place for this discussion, but you must agree that it *is* somehow wrong that Julia Child's death must be discussed on a board titled "Not About Food." Fri Aug 13 13:55:34 -0700 2004 1647633 0 TomSwift 3 1647640 Absolutely! We appreciate everyone's patience as we try to keep the site going with antique overwhelmed software. Fri Aug 13 14:12:44 -0700 2004 1647637 2 The Chowhound Team 1 1647634 I have a half dozen of her cookbooks including the first edition of Mastering I. Don't use it much anymore, but its cover is almost falling off from use years ago. She was, and is, one of a kind. Fri Aug 13 13:33:59 -0700 2004 1647630 0 Dale