Archives for April 16, 2010

Julie and Julia

I am so excited. I am about to watch Julie and Julia. And when it’s through I am going to be CRAVING boeuf bourguignon. I am also going to be DESPERATELY wishing I had a dutch oven. And butter is going to be my new best friend.

I think this movie is super cute. Besides making me wish I was a cook it makes me want to live in France. It also makes me wish I had a blog (oh wait, I do!). Meryl Streep is fabulous at Julia Childs. I watched a rerun of The French Chef on WGBH last weekend and I was almost convinced they were the same person. BON APPETIT!

I really like Amy Adams too. Especially when she is making that delicious looking chocolate cream pie in the beginning of the movie. I’d like to try a slice of that.


“Chocolate cream pie! You know what I love about cooking? I love that after a day when nothing is sure and when I say nothing, I mean nothing. You can come home and absolutely know that if you add egg yolks to chocolate and sugar and milk, it will get thick. That’s such a comfort.”

This movie has also taught me a few basics about cooking:
1) Don’t crowd the mushrooms.
2) Pat the mean dry before you brown it.
3) You can never have too much butter.


I remember reading the book a few years ago, before the movie came out… it was a pretty good read, but I enjoyed the movie much more. The book is mostly about Julie and her blog and cooking through Mastering the Art of French Cooking. I love how the movie is a split between both Julie and Julia (maybe even a little more Julia, which I like). A decent book… good for back and forth on the train to work.

OBsessed.

Steve Madden was handing out these scratch off coupons last weekend. The discounts ranged from 10%-50% off. I happily took a coupon and quickly got out my wallet for a coin. A sale? On shoes? OK! Scratch, scratch, scratch… I got 40%! For the first time in my whole life I won something!!! Obviously I had to claim my prize. I could not simply walk out of the store and DITCH my 40% ticket. I mean would you trash your winning lottery ticket? Of course not. That would just be ridiculous.
Do you like my new shoes?

I’m obsessed.

This is It.

This is it, people.
This is why I live here.
Boston is GORGEOUS in the spring.