Trapped in a boring job and living in a tiny apartment in New York, Julie Powell regularly finds herself weeping on the way home from work. Then one night, through her mascara-smudged eyes, Julie notices that the few items she’s grabbed from the Korean grocery store are the very ingredients for Potage Parmentier, as described in Julia Childs’ legendary cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. And The Project is born. Julie begins to cook – every one of the 524 recipes in the book, in the space of just one year. This is Julie’s story, as gradually, from oeufs en cocotte to bifstek sauté au beurre, from “Bitch Rice” to preparing live lobsters, she realises that this deranged Project is changing her life. The richness of the thousands of sauces she slaves over is beginning to spread into her life, and she begins to find the joie de vivre that has been missing for too many years.
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Sassy, quirky and disarmingly honest (Marie Claire )
Restores your faith in eating for pleasure (Vogue )
I savoured each dish with the same delight as the author (Sarah Vine The Times )
A gem of a book...both hilarious and touching (Glamour )
What lies at the heart is the power of food to transform the everyday act of eating into a complex and potentially life-changing experience (Guardian )
An entertaining romp portraying the joys and frustrations familiar to any ambitious domestic cook (Sunday Times )
Heartwarming...highly entertaining (Daily Mail )
Restores your faith in eating for pleasure (Vogue )
I savoured each dish with the same delight as the author (Sarah Vine The Times )
A gem of a book...both hilarious and touching (Glamour )
What lies at the heart is the power of food to transform the everyday act of eating into a complex and potentially life-changing experience (Guardian )
An entertaining romp portraying the joys and frustrations familiar to any ambitious domestic cook (Sunday Times )
Heartwarming...highly entertaining (Daily Mail )
Reads like a rip-roaringly good novel...a deliciously funny romp
(BBC Good Food Magazine ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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`Sassy, quirky and disarmingly honest' Marie Claire
`Restore[s] your faith in eating for pleasure' Vogue
`A gem of a book ... both hilarious and touching' Glamour
`What lies at the heart is the power of food to transform the everyday act
of eating into a complex and potentially life-changing experience' Guardian
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`An entertaining romp portraying the joys and frustrations familiar to any
ambitious domestic cook' Sunday Times
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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. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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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. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
By PLC
Format:Hardcover
I was really surprised by the previous review, as this is the best book I've read in ages. Okay, granted I'm not bothered by Julie's effing and blinding - maybe I was prepared after the blog! I was a latecomer to the Julie/Julia project but you don't need to have read her blog to enjoy this book - it's as much about Julie coming to terms with who she is and what can make her special, even in her dead end job and turning 30, as it is about Julia Child and the massive cookery/blog project. Though the cooking stories make me laugh and cringe. And I want to know what happened to all her wild friends and family! I can't wait to see what Julie does (and writes about) next. My first true classic read of 2006.
49 of 51 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing - exception to the rule that the book is always better than the film
9 Mar 2010
By Pixiechick
Format:Paperback
I bought this book having watched the film 'Julie and Julia' and loved the main characters. Amy Adams as Julie Powell was so sweet and I empathised with what she was doing in the film. The real Julie Powell though, the lady who has written this book, scares me. There is no element of sweetness about her. She doesn't focus on much of the cooking and to my horror, she is bad at it. There was something about the determination of the film Julie to keep on going and work through every recipe to detail, the book Julie gives up, substitutes ingredients and makes things very very badly. I continued to read this book to the end, hoping with each page that it would get better but for me, it didn't. I ended up getting annoyed by the writer and her self indulgent prattle, how she descibes reading the Joy of Sex as a child and compares it to MtAoFC, no way - that is just weird. She swears a lot which I don't mind except that I think it's just a lack of imagination in what to say. Overall, I felt like this book shattered my illusion of these 2 women that the film portrays. As soon as I'd seen it I came on amazon to get the book as I wanted to continue the good feelings the film gave me. My advice would be, watch the film and leave it at that. Amy Adams is lovely as Julie Powell, Meryl Streep awesome as Julia Child but the real people will grate and disappoint. Such a shame as books are normally better than the film but in this case not. I can understand now how Julia Child wanted nothing to do with Julie Powell, who would?
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By glasswise
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I enjoyed the book enormously as I have used MTAOFC since the sixties - I'm on my second copy as the first one fell apart after many years of frequent use.
The idea of working through the whole book, cooking every single recipe, is quite remarkable & Julie Powell writes in a very easy style.
I have not made all of the recipes & of recent years have stuck to the tried & tested so this book has somewhat inspired me to return to the index & delve deeper.
I am not an afficionado of bad language but it didn't ruin my enjoyment of the book - I just feel it is unnecessary.
A good read for any cooks - particularly those who have dabbled in MtAoFC.
The idea of working through the whole book, cooking every single recipe, is quite remarkable & Julie Powell writes in a very easy style.
I have not made all of the recipes & of recent years have stuck to the tried & tested so this book has somewhat inspired me to return to the index & delve deeper.
I am not an afficionado of bad language but it didn't ruin my enjoyment of the book - I just feel it is unnecessary.
A good read for any cooks - particularly those who have dabbled in MtAoFC.
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Julie I love u loll
All I can say as an excitable foodie... I loved this book! I read from my sick bed and it made me laugh x it made me happy but made Me sad it was over booooo!!! Read more
Published 3 months ago by S. walsh
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very easy to follow
i watch the film so i bought the book and have tried the recipe's and they are easy to follow and taste fantastic i would recommend this books to a friend
Published 4 months ago by daylight
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This was not the saccharine heroine of a romcom but real young woman warts,dirty dishes and all. I heard a real voice here and enjoyed what I heard. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Skyebird
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The Project
A fascinationg story of Julie's year cooking all the recipes in Julia Child's famous book of French Cooking. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Clare
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Wanted More Info About Each Recipe & The Results
I read this after watching the movie that was based on this book. When I learned that this book was based on the author's blog, I was really excited to read it. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Victoria
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Love Julia not Julie
I can completely understand why Julia Childs did not want to meet Julie Powell because she just comes across as so whiny and needy. She really annoyed me. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Shaz
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Hit and miss
The Julia parts are much more interesting than the Julie bits. However, this is a good, light read. And it does inspire one to learn a little more about Julia Child.
Published 18 months ago by Mark Hill
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Disappointing
I used to love reading Julie's blog, and I'm also a fan of Julia Child. I was fascinated with the practical challenge surrounding the idea of cooking all of these recipes in just a... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Bento Lover
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FAB, FAB, FAB
arrived today, am a quarter way through this book and am just loving it, i don't mind the swearing and she uses it in a comedy context. Read more
Published 22 months ago by SG
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Good, but the film is better!
This book is the true story of Julie Powell, who cooked her way through a cookbook by Julia Child called "Mastering the Art of French Cooking", in a year, and wrote about it in her... Read more
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