Julie & Julia

You're all probably wondering, "What does Julie and Julia have to do with food?" Well, here what it means.

I read a great book a couple of years ago called "Julie on Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen," by Julie Powell. After pulling a dusty copy of Julia Childs' book, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" from her mother's bookshelf, the author decided to cook every recipe in the book. She started a blog to detail the various kitchen adventures in her tiny kitchen in Queens, NY, and that blog -- which also includes the exploits of some of her colorful relatives and friends, as well as her husband who tried each and every recipe -- led to a book deal. The book is a great read -- zany and just full of fun for anyone who likes Julia Child or experimenting in the kitchen. (The blog has stopped, but you can still read it at: http://blogs.salon.com/0001399/)

Julie's book was published after Julia had passed away. However, Julie's blog was brought to Julia's attention and they were able to have a couple of connections -- a thrill, I'm sure, for the novice author.

There's also a great book called, "My Life in France," by Julia Child and Alex Prud'Homme. The book was published after Julia passed away. Alex is her nephew and heir, and the book combines the diaries of Julia Child when she first married and moved to France and started cooking, and Alex's many recollections of conversations with his aunt. It's a lovely insight into Julia Child, her early years of marriage, living in a new country during WWII as well as how people cooked in France during this time. After many, many years, Julia's cooking inevitably led to her first book, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking."

Now there comes a movie by director, Nora Ephron titled "Julie & Julia." The movie, due to be released next summer will star Meryl Streep as Julia Child and Amy Adams as Julie Powell. From what I have read thus far, the two actresses will not have ANY interaction together in the movie. Ms. Streep's acting will follow the book, "My Life in France" and Ms. Adam's acting will follow the book, "Julie on Julia." (For more information, you can read about the movie at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135503/)

I, for one, am looking forward to seeing the movie! Until then, as Julia Child would say, "Bon Appetit!"