NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Food writer Julie Powell, who inspired Amy Adams’ character in the film Julie & Julia, has died at the age of 49.
Powell rose to fame after spending a year cooking every recipe in Julia Child’s cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking for her blog The Julie/Julia Project – a decision that inspired the 2009 film, which also starred Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci.
Powell’s husband Eric told the New York Times she died of a cardiac arrest on October 26 at her home in Olivebridge, upstate New York.
Powell began her blog in 2002, and it quickly gained a large following.