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ISBN13: 9780316109697 
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Powells.com Staff Pick
Finally, someone willing to admit just how dirty a kitchen can get! Powell's story is at once a comic tale of struggling to find one's balance in the adult world, and a witty exploration of why — and how — we cook. Gastronomes, as well as those more inclined to order take-out, will enjoy Powell's down-and-dirty journey into French cuisine, but her depiction of America is the secret ingredient that holds the whole recipe together. A nourishing read if you love to cook or would rather stay out of the kitchen altogether.
Recommended by Emily, Powells.com
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Julie Powell is 30 years old, living in a rundown apartment in Queens and working at a soul-sucking secretarial job that's going nowhere. She needs something to break the monotony of her life, and she invents a deranged assignment. She will take her mother's dog-eared copy of Julia Child's 1961 classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and she will cook all 524 recipes. In the span of one year.
At first she thinks it will be easy. But as she moves from the simple Potage Parmentier (potato soup) into the more complicated realm of aspics and crepes, she realizes there's more to Mastering the Art of French Cooking than meets the eye. With Julia's stern warble always in her ear, Julie haunts the local butcher, buying kidneys and sweetbreads. She sends her husband on late-night runs for yet more butter and rarely serves dinner before midnight. She discovers how to mold the perfect Orange Bavarian, the trick to extracting marrow from bone, and the intense pleasure of eating liver.
And somewhere along the line she realizes she has turned her kitchen into a miracle of creation and cuisine. She has eclipsed her life's ordinariness through spectacular humor, hysteria, and perseverance.
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thesabbaticalchef, October 3, 2008 (view all comments by thesabbaticalchef)
I loved every page of this book. I must admit that I resisted it for a while, thinking it couldn't be as good as everyone said. It was better. Give up cussing?? Why would anyone do that? I now may be courageous enough to try one of Julia's recipes myself. Keep writing, Julie. And a husband who will murder lobsters for you... a good guy!
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constantreader, July 16, 2008 (view all comments by constantreader)
Julie,
As my moniker attests to, I am a "Constant Reader." I have never commented on any book before, but I cannot let a chance go by to say to everyone who needs a good read, a good laugh (out loud no less) or a good cry, to buy this book! Thank you for generously sharing yourself, your friends and family - it was delicious.
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peecee27, May 9, 2008 (view all comments by peecee27)
Julia has always been one of my heroines. I remember watching her was when she was young and I was VERY young. (mid to late sixties!)
I love this book. Anyone that has ever obligated themselves to cook something fabulous, locked in a hot kitchen, stuggling through long lists of ingredients and instructions will understand exactly what Julie put herself through.
Julie,
You've earned a fan. I can not believe that this is and was a real blog. YOU HAVE ANOTHER BLEADER......
PeeCee27
P.S. Refrain from obsenities? haha
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780316109697
- Subtitle:
- 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her Marriage, Her Job, and Her Sanity to Master t
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Little Brown and Company
- Subject:
- Cookery, french
- Subject:
- Essays
- Subject:
- Cooking
- Subject:
- Women cooks
- Copyright:
- 2005
- Publication Date:
- September 28, 2005
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 309
- Dimensions:
- 9.56x6.30x1.20 in. 1.17 lbs.
