What is the reason for this change? Over the weekend, Jennifer and I went to see the movie "Julie and Julia". It's a Nora Ephron movie treatment of a book by Julie Powell in which she wrote about her project of cooking all 534 recipes in Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in a year and write a blog about it. Ms. Powell wrote the book in 2002 when she was at a very low point in her life and was searching for something to fill a seeming void in her life. There has been much discussion on many different websites both for and against Ms. Powell and her project and her writing. I have not read the book yet (it's on my Wishlist on Audible, so maybe soon). Let me just say that as usual the movie is very "Hollywood", and Meryl Streep as Julia Child is so amazing that you think that you are actually watching clips of Julia's old PBS show at times. Jennifer and I enjoyed the movie for what it was, pure entertainment; but it also motivated us to re-examine the classic French preparations so we made "Boeuf a la Bourgignone" from Julia's cookbook for dinner last night. It was delicious and not difficult, but not simple if one did not have some cooking experience.
Some who have criticized Julie Powell for her project might be a bit elitist in their perspective. I think that it was great that she was able to pick something that interested her, set a goal, and follow through despite the failures and the issues that she encountered in her personal life. Her mother seemingly was opposed to her even trying to do something like this, her college women friends all of whom were so self absorbed as to be the stereotype of yuppie New York women that we all love to hate. I say "Bravo" Julie! But let's see what else you can do now.
I am going to try to post more of my personal thoughts and experiences here as well as on the other discussion areas, which may be redundant, but oh well!
Bon Apetit!
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