Julie & Julia

A new movie has been added to my list of favourites, Julie & Julia.



My husband bought the DVD and I had no idea what it was about, I only put it on because Meryl Streep was in it and I had watched Mamma Mia yesterday so was in a Meryl state of mind. Random thought Meryl rhymes with Cheryl :).

Opening scenes when Meryl/Julia starts talking I found the accent baffling, then a few minutes in I realise it's Julia Child she is playing. As an Australian I didn't have a lot of Julia Child exposure, I know I saw her on cable years ago and my husband bought a cooking CD Rom for me years ago that I don't think I ever used.

So now I am in love with Julia Child, gave me the cooking bug, I didn't even complain when I had to pause the movie half way through to cook dinner. Not up to Julia standards of course. Right after the movie I got on the computer and watched the boeuf bourguignon episode on You Tube. I so have to make this, will have to have an actual dinner party. I haven't had one of those in almost forever - my grand totals of dinner parties stand at a resounding one - my husband's birthday not long after we moved here. Of course I'll have to make 2 versions - one with a wine substitute or without, have made something similar before. My husband refuses to eat food made with any alcohol, he doesn't touch the stuff and won't believe it cooks out. Oh and leave out the mushrooms too, he doesn't like those, I may get away with the onions if I leave them off his plate. My fault for marrying a fussy eater.

Now I might just put in the Julia Child Home Cooking with Master Chefs CDR, just tried and it's so old I can't get it to play, only have audio that seems to start partway through lessons.