Julie and Julia
365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen

it seemed so simple, and so brilliant and so the perfect type of book for me, i remember thinking as i perused--i forget what, probably the new york times--and saw a reference to julie powell's julie and julia project. a woman who dedicated her year to learning how to cook. like me. i hoped for inspir......more

Someone might say that this is an inspiring book about finding purpose in life amid adversity. Someone might also say that the book is a beautiful homage to the joy and art of cooking. That someone may argue this novel demonstrates that it is through cooking and blogging that love, friendship and co......more

There are some inspired moments in Julie Powell’s memoir of the year she spent cooking all 524 recipes in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Powell can be a very funny writer, and the book is sprinkled with abundant samples of the snarky wit that no doubt made the blog on which this......more

I think there's an unfortunate trend that people follow these days, particularly women, to verbally criticize themselves in a hyper self-aware manner, as if recounting all of their faults (real or imagined)will not only amuse the listener, but prove that they are stoic-even good humored-about being......more

The book is written by Julie Powell, about her 1 year self-imposed challenge to cook everything in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of Fine Cooking. The project was motivated by feeling stuck in her job (a low level drone in a government office) as well as rebellion towards the whole Alice Waters, lo......more