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'i'm hungry.'
you pause and say, 'i'm hungry, too.'
what do you do?
.......you make oeufs en cocotte à la julia! mostly because it's what you had in the fridge [three eggs, a splash of cream, some leftover gruyère and a handful of parsley, baked gently in ramekins in a water bath in a dutch oven], and because it's the best thing you can eat at ten-thirty at night. we ate them while streaming old episodes of 'the french chef' and went to bed with happy bellies. :)
p.s. - dork that i am, i actually had a julia dream last night. she turned out to be my real paternal grandmother, and was very wise and raucously funny. good dream, dorky girl. ;-P
August 11 2009, 16:07:51 UTC 2 years ago
August 11 2009, 16:13:47 UTC 2 years ago
August 11 2009, 16:34:23 UTC 2 years ago
My mom, sister and I saw J&J this weekend and my mom dropped off copies of 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' to us yesterday. :D
And I, too, have exactly 3 eggs, leftover Gruyere, and cream! Hmn....
August 11 2009, 16:36:46 UTC 2 years ago
August 11 2009, 17:03:05 UTC 2 years ago
i haven't seen the movie yet. did you read powell's book first? i read it a couple years ago (and then julia's posthumous memoir that same year) and just reread powell's book...i've been sad to read some of the reviews and see that nora ephron's treatment of powell is not as sympathetic as i think the book is...
September 1 2009, 02:34:55 UTC 2 years ago Edited: September 1 2009, 02:35:41 UTC
i actually avoided powell's book for a long time because i (unfairly) assumed that it would be overly precious, even boring. but then in june we were going on a plane trip to portland, and i always buy myself new books for a trip because i am a fussy child who must be entertained at all times ha ha (also a nervous flier who needs things to take her mind off the OMG IMPENDING DOOM of takeoff!), so i gave in to j & j and loved it! okay, she's no tolstoy, but who is?? i thought the book was engaging and intelligent, with just the right amount of swearing and blood-sweat-and-tears detail to make me feel like i could actually pal around with powell (not some chilly kitchen goddess after all). i also read julia child's book on which half of 'j & j' was based (read that years ago when it first came out) and thought that was lovely as well.
i think the movie is worth seeing, although it shortchanges both julie AND julia to some extent.....but how could it not, considering the volume of information that needed to be compressed into one and a half hours of screen time? films always disappoint. read the books. then see the movie. actually, you know what? read her blog, 'the julie/julia project' (google it) first, then the book, THEN the movie. because her blog is effin' hilarious, and full of tidbits that couldn't make it into either the book or film. :)
to answer your comment, also.......yeah, i always get a little sad when i read movie reviews, and try not to give them much credit. they (the reviewers) don't seem to care much for HAPPY films, and 'j & j' is at its heart a happy film. maybe a little fluffy? but good entertainment. worth seeing. and if nora ephron's treatment of julie powell is not as sympathetic as the book (which i tend to agree with), well........the book is an autobiography? so, you know......i mean self-effacement happens, but who understands us better than ourselves? usually no one. ;)