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Julie Powell, a bestselling author who chronicled her efforts to prepare every recipe in Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking," which later inspired the movie "Julie & Julia," died at her home in New York.

Julie Powell, a bestselling author who chronicled her efforts to prepare every recipe in Julia Childs "Mas...

She prepared all the recipes from Julia Child’s 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' in her own best-selling book.

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Julie Powell, the best-selling author known for documenting her efforts to cook her way through “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” died on Oct. 26.

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Julie Powell, the food blogger played by Amy Adams in the film “Julie & Julia,” died at age 49 in her New York residence Oct. 26, per The New York...

Powell was played by Amy Adams in Nora Ephron's hit 2009 film, which also starred Meryl Streep.

"She was a brilliant writer and a daring, original person and she will not be forgotten," said Judy Clain, the editor-in-chief of Little, Brown and Co.

The food writer, who was famed for her blog about cooking all 524 recipes in Julia Childs 1961 Mastering the Art of French Cooking: Volume 1 book in a year, passed away at her home in Olivebridge, New York, on October 26.