I think careful cooking is love, don't you? The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who's close to you is about as nice a valentine as you can give.

Fortunately the French don't suffer from the same hysteria we do. The eldest of three children Julia Child had a brother John III (1914–2002) and a sister Dorothy Dean (1917–2006). C.

Julia Carolyn Child (née McWilliams; August 15 1912 – August 13 2004) was an American chef author and television personality.