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The Only Things Julia Child Used Her Microwave For By Sarah Sierra-Mohamed June 6, 2025 11:20 am EST

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Legendary chef Julia Child was charming, quirky, incredibly talented, and brimming with a zest for all things culinary. She was also downright practical, so of course she had a microwave. While this appliance wouldn't fit on her iconic kitchen pegboard, it was still a tool she turned to often. In fact, "I wouldn't be without one," she told Cosmopolitan in a 1990 interview.

Child more than likely would not have made freshly "baked" cookies in the microwave or cooked pasta . Instead, she used the microwave to cut corners : defrosting frozen foods, warming up a tepid cup of tea, or melting some butter

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