 For the 1979 book "Julia Child and More Company", she won a National Book Award in category Current Interest.In 1981, she founded the American Institute of Wine & Food, with vintners Robert Mondavi and Richard Graff, and others, to "advance the understanding, appreciation and quality of wine and food," a pursuit she had already begun with her books and television appearances.In 1989, she published what she considered her magnum opus, a book and instructional video series collectively entitled "The Way To Cook".