The Julie/Julia Project

[awbrig]

This blog got a mention in todays USAToday - Whitney Matheson's column.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/hip...ks-friday_x.htm

[WHT]

Rather ambitious to not only cook all that but to do play-by-play. Most of us haven’t the time to try out a few new things much less write about them.

Maybe if we spent less time here….

[zilla369]

USAToday probably got tipped off right here.

[neroasoluto]

I read that Julie/Julia site today. I think she's getting bored with the whole thing.

[fifi]

I would be bored. It is ambitious but that kind of perseverance does not occur in the ordinary human.

[Spoonful]

She's quite special indeed! I've been reading and enjoying her from the beginning...

Edited July 3, 2003 by Spoonful (log)

[Spoonful]

Favorite quote of the blog, so far: "Artichokes -- the lobsters of the vegetable kingdom." (8/26/02)

Mine is: "Ok what could happen?"

Oh and this one: "they’re [the ladyfingers] bent over at the waist like sad little swooning ladies."

Edited July 4, 2003 by Spoonful (log)

[alacarte]

When is she scheduled to finish?

Also... did Julia Child comment in any of the articles on this? I'd love to know what she thinks of Ms. Julie's endeavors.

[Jason Perlow]

Note, All Julie/Julia threads merged.

[Jason Perlow]

New radio interview with Julie, in MP3 format:

http://media.skybuilders.com/lydon/julie.mp3

You might need Windows Media Player or Nullsoft Winamp to listen to it.

[bloviatrix]

The Times finally caught on. Here's Amanda Hesser's article in today's paper:

A Race to Master the Art of French Cooking

[Toliver]

The Times finally caught on.  Here's Amanda Hesser's article in today's paper:

A Race to Master the Art of French Cooking

They replaced every expletive she said with the word "cookie" and made me very hungry in the process.

[alacarte]

I finally listened to the radio interview. I love that Julie swears like a sailor. It's great to see someone doing something as arguably refined as mastering the art of French cooking, all the while bleep'n this and bleep'n that. Very "Absolutely Fabulous."

[marie-louise]

I want the end of the story to be that she gets to meet Julia Child.

[alacarte]

yeah! Hesser got to meet her; I think Ms. Julie definitely deserves it. I think Julia would really like Julie, too.

[russ parsons]

i don't think this is a tale out of class: when i did that story (oh, last fall?), i printed out all of the posts up to that point and took it to julia. she was amused, but slightly not amused. she thought it was a funny idea, but i think she was put off a bit that julie wasn't taking the recipes as seriously as she might have. i guess when you're 90, that whole hip ironic detachment thing isn't quite as charming.

[Fat Guy]

The Times finally caught on.  Here's Amanda Hesser's article in today's paper:

A Race to Master the Art of French Cooking

There are so many legitimate reasons to criticize the Times and its dining coverage, we probably don't need to bother with gratuitous ones. I'd bet a significant amount of money that the editors and writers at the dining section have known about this for ages.

[Louisa Chu]

Oh Russ - you know Julia invented the whole gastronomic, hip, ironic, detached chick thing. When I met her - at a spry 89 - she still had a full command of what's good - and not so good - for her image.

[TrishCT]

Tomorrow, August 15th, is Julia Child's birthday... It's easy for me to remember because... ummm...its ummm... well lets just say its easy for me to remember....

For all she has accomplished, she is amazing!

[badthings]

Russ, it was your article in the other Times that first alerted me to Julie/Julia. I love that you printed it out for Julia. Personally, I think Julie has misinterpreted Julia a little, and I can understand why the latter would be put off by that. This comes out in AH's description of Julia's "ancient" technique, e.g. And really, this exagerrated fear of butter is so overwrought.

[russ parsons]

yes, i think there is an aspect of that in julia's reaction. i don't think she considers julie's attempt to cook through the book hare-brained and impossible at all. she wrote it to be cooked through.

[Rachel Perlow]

Happy Birthday Trish!

[Toliver]

It'll be interesting to see how last night's power outage effected her attempt.

[Lady T]

And a happy 91st to Julia, in any case. May we all live as long and be as adventurous, and do as much good for cuisine as she's done.

*raises glass*

[Jason Perlow]

It'll be interesting to see how last night's power outage effected her attempt.

Apparently it didn't affect it by much, but she had to cook by candlelight. Guess she has a gas stove.