In this Aug. 21, 1978, file photo, American television chef Julia Child in the kitchen of her vacation home in Grasse, southern France. Child changed the way Americans look at food as well as the way women looked at cooking and themselves.
August 15, 2012 would have been her 100th birthday. Try one of her recipes yourself with the help of Twinkle's Kitchen.
Twinkle's Kitchen | Celebrate Julia: Roasted Cornish Hens w/ Potato Galette
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