saraheartburn wrote:

I think most of us think
> of Julia Child as a rather jolly, kind woman, but many years ago
> Streep contacted her hoping for her support with an organization she'd
> started for the purpose of encouraging people to raise & eat organic
> foods. She was quite stunned upon receiving a fairly cranky and
> dismissive letter in reply from Julia herself.

Why would she presume to think that Julia was necessarily pro-organic or
wanted her name associated with such a campaign or that group?

>
> Entirely possible that as a creative business person, Julia may have
> felt that Julie was intruding on her own well earned stature - in her
> boots I'd probably have been damned cranky to hear that some young
> upstart was reaping benefits based on my work and reputation.
>
> Nancy T

I dunno? After reading "My Life in France" I would have thunk that
inspiring a young woman to use each and every one of those recipes that
Julia labored so long and hard over would be a reward to Julia in
itself! She wanted accuracy, authenticity and yet American user friendly
recipes in that book. Recipes that would translate well into American
kitchens as that was her intended audience. I would have thought that
she would have felt she was successful and proud? Perhaps any crankiness
was in response to how Streep or others presented themselves to her?