Aug
13
2004
Bon appétit
1Bon appétit
Julia Child, the celebrated cook, author and television personality who elevated the nation's culinary standards, died in her sleep Thursday night in her Santa Barbara, Calif, home. She was 91.
Your Face Here
Yes, right on your very own U.S. postage stamp.
Finally, the U.S. Postal Service, in conjunction with Stamps.com, is letting you create personal postage stamps. Most other countries have offered these for years.
There are limits, however. No nudity, no controversial or politically partisan images, no copyrighted material.
A sheet of 20 self-adhesive, 37-cent PhotoStamps, as they're called, costs $16.99, more than twice the $7.40 cost of a sheet of traditional First Class stamps.
[Stamps.com]
What They Said:
BBS says GodSpeed Julia on 8/14/2004
Thanks to Julia Child we now have all kinds of "How to shows" on TV. She was the first and probably the biggest single influence on all the people on FoodTV.
Thanks again Julia you will be missed.
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