“In fact, Julia Child’s spy career generated her first big recipe, a shark repellent designed to coat both explosives and pilots’ lifejackets.”
Really, what timing. Too many lawyers, esp. prosecuting attorneys attracted like crack addicts to the blood of the innocent while the real criminals are set loose (professional courtesy)...
I merely made a “crack” about poor red lobster, yet
This past week, somebody mentioned this exact story to me, and beats me what the context was that spawned the topic. Seemed kind of random at the time.
“Did you know that Julia Child was a spy... her first recipe was for shark repellent, developed for...”
🤔
(BTW, thanks for the link!)
“Jaws” first victim just died too, but that was after the JC spy topic had come up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Backlinie