hegemony rules

Julia Child died today at 91. This saddens me. She was an amazing woman, and her life should give all of us who suspect we might be late bloomers a glimmer of hope. (She didn’t start cooking seriously until she was 34).

From the NYT’s obituary:

Mrs. Child was a breast cancer survivor, a cat lover, a fervent advocate of Planned Parenthood and an unabashed sensualist with a sly sense of humor. One year she and her husband sent out Valentine’s cards with a photograph of them together in the bathtub in Paris….

To the end, Mrs. Child maintained her image as the ultimate bon vivant, a California girl with easy French tastes. Whenever she was asked what her guilty pleasures were, she responded: “I don’t have any guilt.”

At her funeral, I hope they show the old SNL sketch of Dan Aykroyd imitating Julia – I think she’d find it amusing.

A couple of foodie sites that I’ve been reading:

• I’m loving FuckCorporateGroceries.net, a Chicago weblog about buying from independent stores, farmers’ markets and CSAs rather than nationwide chains. The recipe for mangos and port sounds rad. I happen to get a mango in last week’s box from Pioneer Organics, and I’ve got some port that’s just burning hole on my counter (not really).

• More grocery goodness – the Online Museum of Shopping Lists and The Grocery List Collection – thanks for the link, M. (Oh, and just so you’re not confused, neither Rotten Tomatoes nor The Red Meat Construction Set have anything to do with food.)
• Of course, I’m always trolling the Chowhound message boards for new leads on yummy food in the Pacific NW.
• Some recipe weblogs and sites – The Red Kitchen, elise.com Simply Recipes, eGullet.com (which happens to have an interview with Ted Allen, the QEftSG foodie), 101 Cookbooks which has great recipes and great photos, and i was just really very hungry.

What other foodie sites should I be visiting regularly (besides the oft-mentioned ones like Epicurious and the Food Network)? Post a comment and let me know!