TV Worth Blogging
by David Thiel, Program Director for WILL-TV
An insider's view of public television programming and the issues that help determine what and how you watch
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Chef
Here's something that you may not have known: Julia Child, the French Chef herself, was an agent for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. She shared that honor with a Chicago White Sox catcher and a cast member from The Godfather, among many others.
According to an Associated Press wire story, Child was one of nearly 24,000 former operatives whose association with the OSS was confirmed by this week's release of 750,000 pages of previously-classified documents by the National Archives in Washington.
The article does not tell whether she was issued any spy gadgets befitting a culinary expert, such as a whisk that doubled as a lockpick or a pair of lobster cracker nunchuks. Though we can only hope.
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