The premise of this book sounds great: Julie Powell is determined to cook all 524 recipes from Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking in one year. Sounded interesting to me!But I am here to tell you to not read this book. It's more about Powell's year of work, friends, and politics than it is about cooking. It's like she just threw in some paragraphs about cooking into the story of her year. And the year was not even that interesting. Powell comes off as a very unpleasant, angsty woman with a potty mouth.
The cover of the book is nice though, isn't it?
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Wow, if that's the case, then the cover is really deceptive. It looks really serene and Martha Stewart-ish. I've seen that book around and wondered about it. Thanks for the heads up.
Yay, I'm glad I could save you some time! The cover is quite deceiving. It's interesting that this was the cover for the hardcover edition, but for the paperback edition, the cover looks more like a chic-lit novel (which it really is) and the title is now: Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously.
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