I actually went to see this movie before reading the book. I had heard good things about it and actually enjoyed the movie quite a bit. So when I ran across a copy of Julie and Julia at the library I picked it up. This was a quick read for me…but I have to be honest and say that I did some fast reading through some of the food descriptions/recipes.
Julie Powell started a blog about cooking her way through Julia Child’s Mastering The Art of French Cooking Volume I in a year. She did this in her small New York apartment while working full time. Which is pretty impressive. I can hardly imagine working a full day and then grocery shopping for that night to get home and prepare meals that can take several hours of prep time.
Julie cooked her way through the cookbook making many things from scratch (such as making her won mayonnaise) and trying all sorts of adventurous foods. She had to boil live lobsters, use bone marrow and debone a duck. All of which she accomplished to varying degrees of success. What I really like about her story is how her goal to cook her way through this cookbook gave her something to work towards and something to look forward to. She was working in a job where she didn’t feel that she was going anywhere and having a goal on her own that she could work towards and accomplish added a lot to her life.
The story is at times funny and entertaining, and at times (if you aren’t super interested in the food preparation) a little slow, but overall very enjoyable… in both book and movie form.
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