When Julia Child retired in 2001, someone asked what she thought would be the next great taste treat to take the Western world by storm.
The renowned chef paused. And while her listeners anticipated the naming of some peculiar ethnic delicacy, Julia's face scrunched into an expression that spoke all by itself. Her expression said: "Look, you. . . . I'm a cook, not Nostradamus."
Then she admitted she had no idea.
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