At the time I hadn’t yet gone to pastry school, and I was just beginning to write articles about food. Like the Julie Powell character, I’d worked my way through the first volume of Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking-though I’d spent several years at it and long before anybody ever blogged or heard of e-mail. The movie reminded me of how wonderful the recipes in Julia’s landmark cookbook were. “It’s lovely,” she said in her usual lilting voice, “you must be sooo proud.” For more details of how I remember Julia, click here. ![]() I’ll never forget that when we happened to be seated next to me at one of my first book signings, she picked up my book and seemed to look through it carefully. She was smart, determined, and demanding of herself, yet always kind to others. Nor was I planning to run home, grab my well-used, personally autographed copy of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and start cooking French food! But that’s what I did!If you’re curious about whether the movie Julia was like the Julia I remembered, the answer is yes. I wasn’t hungry when I went to see Julie and Julia.
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