julie and julia
i have just finished this brilliant book. go and read it, once you have finished reading this. written by julie powell, it is an account of her year-long project to cook 536 recipes in 356 days from the famous American cookbook, mastering the art of french cooking by julia child. julia child is nothing short of a legend in american cookery; at the age of 37, finding herself relocated in paris with her husband, she learned how to cook and, in turn, returned to the US with a mission to teach americans how to cook like the french. she was the first person to present a cooking show on tv in america.
what a challenge you might say but more interesting it is also a personal crusade to find purpose and joy. i just borrowed julia child's mastering the art of french cooking from the library, and am too daunted to even open it! this is one serious cookery book, i can't imagine picking out one recipe from such a tome, never mind attempting all of them. respect to julie powell, what a challenge she set herself. i feel inspired!
bloggers might be inspired to learn that this project started life as a blog, back in 2002 when i didn't even know what a blog was.
julie's book has won an award for food writing and is the proud recipient of the very first blooker, the newly-created prize for books based on blogs. congrats, a large gimlet to you!
now that i have read this book i would be interested to read about julia child's experiences in france. if anyone is interested in more authors who have done the same thing, try m.f.k fisher.
posted by fivespice @ Wednesday, April 26, 2006
6 Comments:
Yes Lisa - Bacon, Ham and Pork - they all come from a special animal - a magical animal that lives in the woods and only comes out after midnight.
you might want to explain this as currently i am under the impression that you are quite mad.
Reading the post made me feel "Heh, this woman's mad."
So I responded with something that may seem mad to some people. However it is a rough quote from someone. I'd be surprised if it's not recognised by one of you readers.
PS. I'm assumming that you mean the cocktail and not the tool.
would i be right in guessing the simpsons?
Yes - but I'm disappointed that it is a guess. This is a classic Simpsons moment.
Speaking of which - are there any classic Rob*****/Me* moments?
For me: I remember the time that Johnny Snr was telling the drones in the job that we were RELATED to the Captain of the Titanic -a certain Capt. Smith, I believe. He had the whole story - names and very believeable family histories (It even made me think -and I'm used to this guys stories - so much so that I now relate this story as being toyally true - even though I know its bullshit - but everyone needs a great lie and this is mine)
Of course some of them were disbelieveing while half of them were listening enthralled.
But the killer was - he turns to me and says "Sure didn't ye love playing with boats when ye were younger?"
Like it - Love it.
i'm not a big cartoon fan i'm afraid, no doubt i will be blasted for calling them cartoons. catch the odd one from time to time, more likely to be bob the builder these days.
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