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Description
Nearing 30 and trapped in a dead-end secretarial job, Julie Powell resolved to reclaim her life by cooking, in the span of a single year, every one of the 524 recipes in Julia Child's legendary Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Her unexpected reward: not just a newfound respect for... read more
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First Sentence
As far as I know, the only evidence supporting the theory that Julia Child first made Potage Parmentier during a bad bout of ennui is her own recipe for it.
Table of Contents
Authors Note
1. The Road to Hell Is Paved with Leeks and Potatoes
2. Joy of Cooking
3. You Have to Break a Few Eggs...
4. Hacking the Marrow Out of Life
5. ...To Make an Omelette
6. Disaster / Dinner Party, Dinner Party / Disaster.
7. The Law of Diminishing Returns
8. They Shoot Lobsters, Don't They?
9. The Proof is in the Plumbing
10. Sweet Smell of Failure
11. Flaming Crepes!
12. Time to Move to Weehawken
13. "Only in America"
14. ...Well, Not Quite
Acknowledgements
Authors & Contributors
- Julie Powell (Author)
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