'My priority is bringing my baby up in a calm and stable environment': Pregnant Laura Anderson makes statement amid Gary Lucy split dramaīraless Chloe Ferry showcases her toned figure in a white T-shirt and tight green leggings for a spa afternoon 'Cooking through Julia Child's books, she made Child relevant to a new generation, and wrote about cooking in a fresh, conversational, this-is-my-real life tone that was rare back then.' 'I was shocked to learn this morning of the passing of Julie Powell, the original food blogger,' Perelman tweeted Tuesday under the account of her famous social media and cookbook brand, Smitten Kitchen. Powell's project inspired scores of food bloggers who followed, its template and tone apparent in the later successful web and social media projects of cooks including Dorie Greenspan, Ina Garten, Deb Perelman and Alison Roman. The book which followed sold more than a million copies, mostly of the paperback version, which had the title Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously. Within a year of launching on, it had around 400,000 page views and thousands of regular readers. The blog gained hundreds of thousands of views at a time when many people still used dial-up internet. Meryl Streep, who played Julia Child in the book's film adaptation, was nominated for an Oscar
