shiredancer | Foodies and friends (Reply)

We just saw "Julie and Julia" which was, to me, as endearing a movie as I've ever seen. Well, that's how it feels right now. A complete pleasure! I've never owned a Julia Child cookbook, never watched her TV shows, never paid any attention to her at all really, even though she lived in my town during her later years. French cooking always seemed out of reach, too complicated, too hard, too fussy. But I have to say, with all the hype over the movie (and after a certain visit to Paris last year), I'm pretty inspired. I'd like to give it a try; go for the gusto -- which seems to be a requirement. No diets allowed! It's 100% butter, all the time. Mmmm, full fat and flavor, with wine. It sounds heavenly.

Another endearing quality of the movie: I love the way it validates the connections we make here, online. I don't want to give anything away, but there were scenes that really pleased me regarding friendship that can arise without ever having met in person. How odd to think of Julia Child as someone who might have thrived on LJ in a younger day.

I told Peter that a nice package of the movie, Julia's magnus opus, and the Julie Powell book would make a great Christmas pressie. Then I can try some beurre blanc!