J & Julia & Julie

Julie Powell's blog, The Julie/Julia Project, on cooking her way through Mastering the Art of French Cooking volumes 1 and 2 by Julia Child in her small NY kitchen post-September 11th was one of the first blogs I ever really followed. I loved her persistence, her bravery, in cooking those complicated recipes, including the hunt to find all the ingredients, cursing all the while. The book was good too but not in the immediate, hilarious way of the blog. And now there's a movie, already being heavily featured in the paper (cooking like Julie like Julia and styling food for the movie and even cooking for the director, so far), though the release is more than a week away. But I love Meryl Streep and am coming to appreciate Amy Adams (weren't they just in a movie together??). I liked Julie's blog. I've cooked a few of Julia's recipe. I like food. It's good times.