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Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously
 

Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously

by Julie Powell

Nearing 30 and trapped in a dead-end secretarial job, JuliePowell resolved to reclaim her life by cooking, in the span of a singleyear, every one of the 524 recipes in Julia Child's legendary Mastering theArt of French Cooking. Her unexpected reward: not just a newfound respectfor calves' livers and aspic, but a new life--lived with gusto. (read review)

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againstthetide
  • Rated 4 stars

“REVIEW: Julie & Julia

I finished Julie & Julia: 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julie Powellin a record setting THREE DAYS.

I haven't read a book that quickly in ages. Consider that it took me more than three weeks to finish the ghastly On the Road. But, of course, Julie & Julia isn't on my list of THE great modern books of our time. Hence, I actually enjoyed it.

Julie Powell was a blogger before she was an author, and it really shows. I can...”

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2 of 2 members found this review helpful.
Torrie Lynn
  • Rated 1 stars

“I must say, this book actually came as a huge disappointment for me. I thought the idea behind it all was fascinating (which is why I picked it up), but the writing style really failed to deliver. She babbled on too much for my taste about things I really couldn't care less about, and I found her constant self-pity obnoxious. The book had its good moments (all of them having to do with the actual cooking itself), but overall, I was grossly disappointed.”

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  • Rated 4 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Kris

    kris said:

    “Eh. Couldn't get into it. I wanted to hear more about her adventures in cooking, but it was slow getting to it. I didn't finish it. ”

    posted Monday, March 10 2008
  • FatherOfHollywood

    fatherofhollywood said:

    “Julie endeared herself to me - I am way past thirty years of age - but I can remember the trials and tribulations of being 29 going on 30. You just have to love someone who wears a Madonna bustier/corset to work and then goes home to work barefoot in her little NY kitchen to perform culinary miracles with a calf's brain, butter, cream and wine.

    No, this is not a cookbook - if you want that - take a trip to a bookstore and buy yourself one. This is a memoir of a year spent in self-discovery - as complicated as the recipes in Julia Child's masterpiece of French cookery.”

    posted Thursday, October 18 2007
  • wyndslash

    wyndslash said:

    “i just love how funny and light-hearted the book is; simple, but very touching”

    posted Thursday, October 18 2007
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