Preheat at 007?

The headline is more fun than the actual story, because it seems that Julia Child's work for the WWII-era spy agency, the Office of Strategic Services, was mostly clerical, although she apparently also worked on the development of shark repellent.

Which dashes so many great cinematic possibilities. Imagine the steely-eyed young chef-to-be eyeing a Nazi villain over her pistol sights and coldly intoning, "Bon appétit, mein herr." Or promising a stubborn captive that unless he tells the OSS all he knows, out come the filet knives: "And I can promise you, sir, I know how to slice a loin."

Drat.