Seems everyone is all a-flutter about the "news" that Julia Child was an operative for the Office of Strategic Services - forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency. But any one who has followed Child's life and career knew about her work for our nation's spy agency. Andrew Ryan, a reporter for the Boston Globe, wrote in an article this week that Child's work as an intelligence officer "was about as top secret as her recipe for Coq au Vin." Now here's something you may not have known. Julia, at 6' 2", was too tall to join the military, but she wanted to serve her country. That's how she ended up in the OSS where, among her many assignments, she helped develop shark repellant. During her OSS service, Julia met Paul Child, a well-traveled OSS officer who would become her husband. It was he who introduced her to French cuisine. Next month would have been their 62nd wedding anniversary. So let's all raise a glass to Julia and Paul and those sneaky bastards at the CIA who, oddly enough, are partly responsible for bringing the world of French cuisine to American kitchens.