Last night my bookgroup met to watch Julie and Julia and to ingest some delicious french food. I made this apple tart from Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. It wasn't fabulous, but it was good. It looked pretty, too. I was very intimidated to cook anything out of her cookbook after reading My Life in France. The research and experimentation Julia did for each recipe is amazing. She was a scientist, for sure. I really loved reading about her time in France and how she learned to cook.
I really admire her good attitude about life. She was always laughing and seemed to really enjoy living. My maternal grandma was like that. She was the sweetest woman I've ever known. I want to be more like her but find it hard with my melancholic temperament. I'll keep trying...
I'd like to own Mastering the Art of French Cooking; mostly to read. I don't aspire to be a french cook but might occasionally make a recipe from it. I've looked at the books on E-bay. Oh my goodness! Expensive! I should have bought them BEFORE the movie came out. I'll keep looking in used bookstores, and who knows...maybe some out-of-touch bookseller will have them. The fun is in the hunt anyway. I'm in no hurry.
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I had a copy. I gave it away a couple of years ago. To the library, I believe. Oh well...
I'm so over cooking right now. It's because no one around here appreciates my cooking. Why should I bother?
I wanted the cookbook after I saw the movie. Then I read My Year in France and Julie and Julia and THEN I watched the movie again and now I'm okay with not having it. Weird, huh?
I bought MTAFC years ago, after reading a Julia Child biography. I've never cooked out of it, but maybe one day ...
frances
I loved the movie! I bought it before seeing it knowing I would love it. :) I would like to read "Julie & Julia", but they say it's not as good. Cooking her food would be interesting, but I could pass on the gelatin dishes like she cooked in the movie!! :)
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