Julie Powell, the writer whose decision to spend a year cooking every recipe in Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” led to the popular food blog the Julie/Julia Project, a ...

Julie Powell in 2005. She had embarked on the Julie/Julia Project three years earlier with leek-and-potato soup, also the first recipe in Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.” ...

Julie Powell, the food writer best known for her wildly popular memoir “Julie & Julia,” has died suddenly at the age of 49. The best-selling author passed away at her home in Olivebridge, New ...

Julie Powell, author of the bestselling and beloved book, “Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously,” has died from cardiac arrest at the age of 49, according to the New York Times.

Julie Powell, who wrote the Julie/Julia project, died recently at 49. As the food world mourns her legacy, writer Emily Farris remembers her generosity and friendship.

Food writer Julie Powell died last week. She was best known as the creator of the Julie/Julia Project, an early 2000s blog on salon.com. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: It followed Powell's mission to ...

Julie Powell, the late author of Julie & Julia and Cleaving, was one of the last of the truly personal writers. It’s hard to overstate Powell’s impact on food writing at the turn of the ...

Julie Powell makes potato leek soup, one of the first recipes in Julia Child's “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” at her New York apartment in 2005.

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 ...

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 ...

Author Julie Powell attends the premiere of "Julie & Julia" at The Ziegfeld Theatre, in New York, on July 30, 2009. Peter Kramer/AP hide caption ...

Julie Powell chops leeks to make potato leek soup, one of the first recipes in Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking," shown at left, in her apartment in New York on Sept. 30, 2005.