Journal Entry 1 by ramson from New Orleans, Louisiana USA on Thursday, December 17, 2009

Julie & Julia is the story of Julie Powell's attempt to revitalize her marriage, restore her ambition, and save her soul by cooking all 524 recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I, in a period of 365 days. The result is a masterful medley of Bridget Jones' Diary meets Like Water for Chocolate, mixed with a healthy dose of original wit, warmth, and inspiration that sets this memoir apart from most tales of personal redemption.
When we first meet Julie, she's a frustrated temp-to-perm secretary who slaves away at a thankless job, only to return to an equally demoralizing apartment in the outer boroughs of Manhattan each evening. At the urging of Eric, her devoted and slightly geeky husband, she decides to start a blog that will chronicle what she dubs the "Julie/Julia Project." What follows is a year of butter-drenched meals that will both necessitate the wearing of an unbearably uncomfortable girdle on the hottest night of the year, as well as the realization that life is what you make of it and joy is not as impossible a quest as it may seem, even when it's -10 degrees out and your pipes are frozen.

Powell is a natural when it comes to connecting with her readers, which is probably why her blog generated so much buzz, both from readers and media alike. And while her self-deprecating sense of humor can sometimes dissolve into whininess, she never really loses her edge, or her sense of purpose. Even on day 365, she's working her way through Mayonnaise Collee and ending the evening "back exactly where we started--just Eric and me, three cats and Buffy...sitting on a couch in the outer boroughs, eating, with Julia chortling alongside us...."

 

Journal Entry 2 by lovemylife at Campbellsport, Wisconsin USA on Thursday, September 30, 2010

Received this book from Ramson for our Reading Diva book exchange. Thanks. 

Journal Entry 3 by lovemylife at Campbellsport, Wisconsin USA on Monday, October 18, 2010

We read this book for our book discussion group a while back. I'm sending it on to aetm. I hear the movie is good, too. 

Journal Entry 4 by aetm at Austin, Texas USA on Tuesday, October 26, 2010

I haven't seen the movie but the book sounds good.
I loved 'Like Water For Chocolate' so let's see how much and what type of food magic there is in this one. Like Water For Chocolate I never saw the movie either - I just loved all the fancy bits in the tale and all the scents and other bits that wouldn't translate to the screen. 

Journal Entry 5 by aetm at Tribes Cafe, Tuckey St. in Cork City, Co. Cork Ireland on Thursday, May 12, 2011

Released 1 yr ago (5/12/2011 UTC) at Tribes Cafe, Tuckey St. in Cork City, Co. Cork Ireland

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