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Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen Hardcover – September 28, 2005

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Recounts how the author escaped the doldrums of an unpromising career and lackluster Queens apartment by mastering every recipe in Julia Child's 1961 classic, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, a year-long endeavor of humor and accomplishment that transformed her life. 150,000 first printing.

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Julie & Julia is the story of Julie Powell's attempt to revitalize her marriage, restore her ambition, and save her soul by cooking all 524 recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I, in a period of 365 days. The result is a masterful medley of Bridget Jones' Diary meets Like Water for Chocolate, mixed with a healthy dose of original wit, warmth, and inspiration that sets this memoir apart from most tales of personal redemption.

When we first meet Julie, she's a frustrated temp-to-perm secretary who slaves away at a thankless job, only to return to an equally demoralizing apartment in the outer boroughs of Manhattan each evening. At the urging of Eric, her devoted and slightly geeky husband, she decides to start a blog that will chronicle what she dubs the "Julie/Julia Project." What follows is a year of butter-drenched meals that will both necessitate the wearing of an unbearably uncomfortable girdle on the hottest night of the year, as well as the realization that life is what you make of it and joy is not as impossible a quest as it may seem, even when it's -10 degrees out and your pipes are frozen.

Powell is a natural when it comes to connecting with her readers, which is probably why her blog generated so much buzz, both from readers and media alike. And while her self-deprecating sense of humor can sometimes dissolve into whininess, she never really loses her edge, or her sense of purpose. Even on day 365, she's working her way through Mayonnaise Collee and ending the evening "back exactly where we started--just Eric and me, three cats and Buffy...sitting on a couch in the outer boroughs, eating, with Julia chortling alongside us...."

Inspired and encouraging, Julie and Julia is a unique opportunity to join one woman's attempt to change her life, and have a laugh, or ten, along the way. --Gisele Toueg

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Powell became an Internet celebrity with her 2004 blog chronicling her yearlong odyssey of cooking every recipe in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. A frustrated secretary in New York City, Powell embarked on "the Julie/Julia project" to find a sense of direction, and both the cooking and the writing quickly became all-consuming. Some passages in the book are taken verbatim from the blog, but Powell expands on her experience and gives generous background about her personal life: her doting husband, wacky friends, evil co-workers. She also includes some comments from her "bleaders" (blog readers), who formed an enthusiastic support base. Powell never met Julia Child (who died last year), but the venerable chef's spirit is present throughout, and Powell imaginatively reconstructs episodes from Child's life in the 1940s. Her writing is feisty and unrestrained, especially as she details killing lobsters, tackling marrowbones and cooking late into the night. Occasionally the diarist instinct overwhelms the generally tight structure and Powell goes on unrelated tangents, but her voice is endearing enough that readers will quickly forgive such lapses. Both home cooks and devotees of Bridget Jones–style dishing will be caught up in Powell's funny, sharp-tongued but generous writing.
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During her year of culinary experimentation, Powell often served dinner well after midnight. Critics agreed that her efforts were well rewarded, at least from a literary perspective. Even though Powell started her project as a way to sort things outher job, her sex life, her girlfriends sex lives, her reproductive challengesshe has all the makings of a fine food critic. If her self-effacing, humorous, even bawdy tone doesnt always produce great insight into lifes little challenges, readers will appreciate the scattered, small nuggets of wisdom. A few critics felt that the book did not transcend its blog; excessive details and some self-indulgence created a voice like "Bridget Jones if she were a New York foodie" (San Francisco Chronicle). But whats so bad about that?

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In her adolescence, Powell came across Joy of Sex and Mastering the Art of French Cooking and forever linked the two in her mind, finding something absolutely sensual about cooking. Years later, living in New York with her husband and coming to the awful realization that her temp job as a secretary was about to turn full-time, she devises the ambitious assignment of cooking 524 recipes in one year and chronicling the experience on a blog. As she moves from simple potato soup to more complicated crepes, Powell engages the help of her husband, brother, and friend, as well as the hundreds of fans she attracts to her blog. A recipe calling for bone marrow prompts a long and hilarious search for a local butcher, and a meal that "tasted like really good sex." The tougher the shopping and cooking assignment, the more sensual the experience, as Powell discovers incredible determination and hidden talents in cooking, writing, and living. This is a joyful, humorous account of one woman's efforts to find meaning in her life. Vanessa Bush
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown and Company (September 28, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 031610969X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316109697
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.18 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1.13 x 9.5 inches

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Julie Powell thrust herself from obscurity (and an uninspiring temp job) to cyber-celebrityhood when, in 2002, she embarked on an ambitious yearlong cooking (and blogging) expedition through all 524 recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. She detailed the experience in her critically acclaimed 2005 New York Times bestselling memoir, Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously, which was adapted into a major motion picture starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams in August 2009. Julie has made appearances on national television shows from ABC's "Good Morning America" and CBS's "The Early Show" to "The Martha Stewart Show" and Food Network's "Iron Chef America," and her writing has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers including Bon Appétit, Food and Wine, Harper's Bazaar, New York Times, Washington Post, and more. She is a two-time James Beard Award winner, has been awarded an honorary degree from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, and was the first ever winner of the Overall Lulu Blooker Prize for Books.

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Cara Mia

One of the few instances where the film was much better than the book

Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2016

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Julia Child is still my go to author when I want to cook something special and out of my usual range (which is inspired by her)

I enjoyed the movie and was hoping for more insights into the cooking so I grabbed this when it was featured on one of my discount lists instead of downloading a sample. I should have read the reviews first. If you enjoyed the movie DON'T buy this.

It's NOT about the cooking or the food. It's about her trials and tribulations and they are many indeed. She's a Democrat and that's fine, so am I, but I don't need to know the presumed political affiliation of everyone she dislikes. Nor is she the first to be employed in a not so fulfilling position.

I can see why Julia Child is said to have been less than impressed with the book. It was as if cooking was a goal, not a pleasure, just git 'er done.. There is none of the overwhelming enthusiasm that she had for cooking. If you are interested in her as a person get Julia Child Rules: Lessons On Savoring Life instead

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Tame Farrar

Not as good as the movie

Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2016

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While I can appreciate what the writer actually did, it was one of the hardest reads I have had. I say the movie was better because at least the movie character was easier to empathize with. The actress gave a performance that allowed the movie watcher to at least find something relatable and likable about her. The longer I read this book, the only thing I kept thinking was "Finish the book because you paid for it." I found that there was nothing about the author, in this limited semi autobiographical, that I found even remotely likable. It is one to dislike this or that character in a book, but to find that the writing style, the use of language, the constant denigrating of anything or anyone on a whim and the laissez Faire attitude displayed regarding anyone or any situation she deemed as non traditional was somewhat disgusting. I realized before the mid point of the book, this is a person I would never want to call friend. So with that in mind I also realized I will never waste another dime reading anything written by this author.

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I know why Julie Child didn't like Julie

Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2016

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This book had nothing really to do with Julia Child. This is a pitiful read. I pride myself that I finish a book, no matter what, but this one almost made me throw it away. This was a rambling on of a bad tempered, self centered girl, who forced herself to cook through Mtaofc. I'm sure her food at times, tastes good, following Julia's recipes, but as a reader I had to swim through the self indulgence, and whiney chatter of this truelly boring 'blog' person. Julia Child was a woman of class and grace, something this girl will never know, no matter what she cooks.

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The author would make a great case study for a psychology student

Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2019

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I strongly disliked this book, and I put it down a third of the way into it. The author suggests initially that the book is about Julia Child, cooking, and the author’s life. What you actually get is almost entirely the authors life with few comments about cooking and random letters from Julia Child or her husband Paul which the author fails to tie into her personal life or cooking. Finally, the author spends the majority of her pages writing about her life and her cornucopia of personal problems. This was the most offputting feature of the third of the book I actually read. In the end, I just couldn’t get past the author herself and she was dragging me, the reader, into the depths of her despair, manipulation, and twisted malevolence. Definitely not what I wanted when I purchased this book.

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Well written, great style.

Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2021

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After watching the movie three times I learned the author had issues with a few aspects of the film depiction. So I had to read the book. I like Powell's writing style, it's witty and conversational. I enjoyed her above average use of grammar. There were however, descriptions of her real-life cooking adventure that made me realize why the movie (thankfully) changed or left them out. While it's currently common to "reveal all" no matter how disgusting, those particular incidences will prevent me re-reading this; it will be donated to the local library.

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Carl C. Houtz Jr.

Trash

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2017

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I have read thousands of books in my time . I have never read a piece of trash like this . I can see how Julia Child would be embarassed to be even mentioned. This book should receive NO stars!

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California Woman

That anyone who is motivated can cook well

Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2021

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I liked all of it!

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Carol White

OK read

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2018

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I was looking for a low-key read for summer and remembered enjoying the movie, so I thought I would try the book. I found the main character whiney and messy and not a lot of fun to read. Wouldn't recommend the book. Enjoyed the movie.

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Rose

"...put the whole mess out of your head for a while"

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2014

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I will first of all say that I have seen the film inspired from this book. I will also say that the film is far, far superior (as superior as a light, frothy and romanticised movie can be), in my opinion, to the source material.

Julie and Julie is a book which is at its heart self indulgent - and as a sort of a partial memoir you expect this. However what I found jarring was the person the memoir was about. Julie Powell cries at every obstacle, throws tantrums when things go wrong, yells at her husband for no reason...and this is the picture of herself she paints. God only knows what she'd be like in reality. But in a way I liked that, at first. The reality of it all, the way she'd showed a no holds barred view of who she was. Similar to an actress going bare faced in a film - it was a little liberating and strangely fascinating. However that soon got old. Really old. Really fast. No sane, happy person would react the way she does so continuously, with so little explanation.
However, saying that, there are positives. She has a nice writing style, the project she undertook was interesting and whilst I doubt I would ever read another book by her unless it was concerning a challenge equally engrossing I didn't actively dislike this book. If there was a star rating for lukewarm water this would be the book for it. In fact the only thing which gave me pains was, you guessed it, the constant childish pessimism of the author.
If it's a weigh up I'd say watch the infinitely more interesting and enjoyable movie. It tells you a lot more about the life of Julia Child and stars the wondrous Meryl Streep - what more incentive do you need than that?!

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Kentish Maid

Fun, quick read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 27, 2018

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A fun, quick read. I have a particular fondness for books that include recipes as part of the narrative and the food is an important part of this book; but these are not recipes most people would feel capable of attempting! I read it after seeing the film but enjoyed the way it captures a particular time in history and in a woman's life in an individual and friendly voice. My only criticism is that it feels slightly too long about two thirds of the way through.

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Christina

Perfect 🥰

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 13, 2021

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My favourite film of all time now love this film so had to have the book

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Ingrid L. Pires

The Julia Child effect

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2018

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After reading My Life in France, I was hooked on all things Julia. This lead me to Julie and Julia. Julie's take on herself, her life and everyone and everything around her is incisive, brilliant and funny and that flowery language notwithstanding, I savoured every word. I am a follower and cannot wait to read her next offering.

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Yael Medina

A food blogger's inspiration!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 16, 2014

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I like to put my ideas out there in the blogging universe and I always think that it's like sending your heart out into the big bad world. Julie's story is an inspiration because it means that when you write what you think, when you write well, someone else will notice and someone else will reach out! I imagine Julie Powell writes like she talks. The writing is fluid, like you're in a conversation with your friend and you're listening to her talk.

Now, if only we could all write as engagingly as Julie Powell!

Also, for Filipinos, it is heartening to know that someone else other than World War II veterans knows about the Bataan Death March!

This unputdownable book is a must read!

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