Before I start about this movie let me tell you the story leading up to watching the movie...
Last night my husband made a quick run to Publix for me.When he came home he said,"I brought something home for you." He had brought home the movie Julie and Julia.. We have both wanted to see this movie for a while and he thought last night would be a good night to watch it. Well he forgot that the finale of the "Biggest Loser" was coming on. But he was trying to surprise me and I didn't want to hurt his feelings and so we stayed up until midnight watching Julie and Julia after the biggest loser. It did make for a late night but the movie was really cute.
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So these are some scenes from the movie. If you have not seen it then I don't want to give the story away to you but I do want to talk a little bit about it.
Now, I am not one for talking or writing for that matter about movies. This doesn't have anything to do with the topics I normally discuss but I thought I would make an exception.
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Julia Child was a lady who could not have children. She desperately wanted to have something to do in her life that could fill that void that I think she had. She tried hat making, bridge, and a numerous of other things before she found her love for cooking. She loved to eat and she loved great tasting food.
That is when she came up with the idea of attending a cooking school.
So she decided to enroll in a class at Le Cordon Bleu. Her goal was to teach and eventually have a French cookbook published in English.
She did later achieve that goal along with other cookbooks and a cooking show.
This is definitely a cute movie to watch and when it is over you will feel inspired and believe it or not you will want to cook a meal.
Or at least that is how I felt. I was getting hungry as the show went on and when it was over I had a million ideas running through my head about food and recipes. (Not a very good thing to have at midnight.)
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Now on the other hand, Julie, was a young women who wanted to set a goal for herself and commit to finishing something that she started. She decided she would for 1 year cook through Julia Child's cookbook and she would blog about it.
She did have some obstacles to face with eating certain items and of coarse cooking lobster (seen below) but
she did finish her 1 year and her last recipe with de-boning and cooking a chicken. (seen in a picture below.)
Blogging about it ended up getting her book published and later this movie was made from her story.
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I thought it would be neat to include a French recipe for you. So I have included two. One recipe is (courtesy of Julia Child) Beef Bourguignon and the other is from Le Cordon Bleu. (See below for recipes)
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Julie talking with her husband about Julia Child.
Always excited about food!
Cooking Class at Le Cordon Bleu
Julie's attempt at cooking Lobster
Julie's last meal
Bon Appetit
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