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She was famed for her blog about cooking all 524 recipes in Julia Child's 1961 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking: Volume 1' book in a year, which was turned into the Oscar-nominated 'Julie and Julia' film.
Powell, whose blog inspired the movie "Julie & Julia," reportedly died due to cardiac arrest.
Her blog, which later became a popular book and movie, chronicled her quest to cook every recipe in Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking."
Julie Powell, author of the memoir "Julie & Julia," has died. She wrote of her attempts to cook all of the recipes from one of Child's cookbooks.
Julie Powell, who grew up in Austin and wrote the bestselling memoirs, "Julie & Julia" and "Cleaving," died unexpectedly on Oct. 26.