Step 1 : Introduction to the question "8. Julia McWilliams' World War II assignments took her to several places overseas. In 1944 she was posted to China where an event took place that would change the course of her life. What happened?"
...1. She met her future husband 2. She became very ill 3. She was taken prisoner 4. She was sent home Julia met Paul Cushing Child while both working for the US spy agency. He was a high-ranking OSS official, and she worked cataloging highly classified documents. Paul Child was a sophisticated gourmand, artist and poet who had spent time living in France. They married in 1946. He introduced Julia to French food, and she often told the story of the meal they shared that first awakened her desire to learn the art of French cooking, a meal that included oysters, Sole Meuni�re and some fine wine.
