Julia Update: Her Pumpkin Pie Recipe - and Her DC House is For Sale [Just $3.5 Million]

Today's Bloomberg news offers up a recipe for pumpkin pie that is circulating online at The New York Times and elsewhere.

It's a lighter pie, with the addition of meringue to decrease the density–a plus in Julia's mind.

Julia Child’s Aunt Helen’s Fluffy Pumpkin Pie

Serves 10

One 15-ounce can pumpkin puree
1/2 cup plus 1 tbsp. granulated sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
Kosher salt
1 1/2 tbsp molasses
1 1/2 tbsp bourbon or dark rum (optional)
1/2 tbsp ground cinnamon
½ tbsp ground ginger
1/8 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
1/8 tsp ground cloves
2 large eggs, separated
½ cup heavy cream
1/4 cup milk, plus more if needed
1 unbaked 9-inch pie crust
Whipped cream, for serving (optional)

And the ever informative Smith College grapevine (on Facebook) notes that Julia's D.C. home is now for sale, although it looks significantly altered from the time when she lived there. See the owner's Instagram pix for his renovations.

See some pre-renovation pix here: http://realestate.boston.com/home-improvement/2017/08/08/julia-childs-former-dc-home-went-to-rot/

Here's the Washingtonian magazine look at the renovations. As you'll see, the house has rather a split personality these days.