In an interview with The New York Times, her husband Eric Powell revealed that the author died of cardiac arrest at her home in downtown New York. Powell was best known for chronicling her quest to recreate Child’s recipes, her articles covering both her triumphs and failures in the kitchen as she cooked her way through the book. The author also helped pioneer food blogging as we know it today with her unfiltered style, honesty and sense of directness. According to the Times, her Salon.com blog garnered over 400,000 page views by the end of the year of cooking Julia Child’s recipes. Her stories were eventually taken offline after her blog was published in a book in 2005, “Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Kitchen.” Powell’s book was later made into a movie in 2009 called Julie and Julia. Not only was the film based on Powell’s culinary journey, but it was also based on Child’s autobiography, My Life in France. Getty

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“Julie & Julia” starred Meryl Streep as Child, Amy Adams as Powell and was directed by Nora Ephron. Fellow food writer Deb Perelman gushed about Powell’s literary prowess in the publication: “He wrote about food in a really human voice that sounded like people I knew,” she said. “He told me you could write about food even without going to culinary school, without much experience and in a real kitchen.” Although “Julie & Julia” was a huge success, Child revealed in an interview with the LA Times that she was less than a fan of Powell’s blog before her death in 2005. “I worked very hard on this book,” he told the report at the time. “I’ve tested and retested these recipes for eight years so that everyone can cook them. And many, many people have. I don’t see how she could have a problem with them. She just must not be much of a cook.” Little, Brown and Company editor-in-chief Judy Klein told NBC News, “‘Julie & Julia’ became an instant classic, and with gratitude for her unique voice we will now remember Julie’s dazzling brilliance and originality.” “We mourn her loss with her husband Eric and her family. We send our deepest condolences to all who knew and loved Julie, either personally or through the deep bonds she created with the readers of her memoirs. She was a brilliant writer and bold, original person and will not be forgotten.” Powell is survived by her parents, her brother and her husband.