Julie Powell, a food writer known for chronicling her journey of making every recipe inJulia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” has died. She was 49.
Powell died on Oct. 26 at her home in upstate New York. Her husband, Eric, toldThe New York Timesthat the cause of death was cardiac arrest.
Her blog on Salon.com was eventually turned into a book in 2005, called “Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen.”
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Powell kept up her early blogging tone on the more modern platform of Twitter, tweeting everything from photos of her pets to critiques ofThe Great British Baking Show.
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Along withJulie and Julia, she wroteCleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession. The book drew parallels between her work at a butcher shop and her and her husband’s affairs.
Fellow writers and social media users have shared heartfelt messages about Powell, including Deb Perelman of the blog Smitten Kitchen.
“I was shocked to learn this morning of the passing of Julie Powell, the original food blogger. Cooking through Julia Child’s books, she made Child relevant to a new generation, and wrote about cooking in a fresh, conversational, this-is-my-real life tone that was rare back then,” she wrote.
Chef Pim Techamuanvivit also tweeted about Powell’s legacy.
“How very sad. She was so young. I was a huge fan of her blog, and I am definitely old enough to remember when social media was more about being snarky about oneself than putting down others. RIP Julie,” she wrote.
source: people.com
