Julia raised the food consciousness of Americans by urging them to go to their grocery stores and demand better quality ingredients. Nowadays, these foods are basic staples and can be found in any supermarket in America.
This April, her friend and Prepared Foods' contributing writer, Wilbert Jones, visited Child at her home. In what turned out to be her last interview, she spoke with as much passion about food as when her first cooking show aired in 1963. Child passed away in her sleep on August 13th, two days shy of her 92nd birthday. To the end, Child maintained her bon vivant image. When asked about her guilty pleasures, she would respond, “I don't have any guilt.”