I honestly don’t think it’s possible to look at photos of Julia Child cracking up in the kitchen and not feel better about life. Her enthusiasm was — is! — infectious, and these photos prove it. Whether wielding a large knife over a row of chickens, or gleefully cutting into a fish the size of her torso, you know in those moments there was nowhere else she’d rather be. Cooking is supposed to be fun, people! And Julia would never want us to forget it.