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The woman behind breakout blog The Julie/Julia Project and the upcoming film Julie & Julia tells us what she’s loving right now.
Julie Powell
Julie Powell is the author of Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen. The book, which has been retitled Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously, is based on her blog The Julie/Julia Project, a chronicle of Powell’s efforts to cook all the recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking in a single year. Powell's second book, Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession, will be published in December.
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Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Why America Must Learn to Bow
Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
Going Rogue: The Index
Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
'Bacon Tastes Good, Get Over It'
Julie Powell is the author of Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously based on her blog The Julie/Julia Project. Her forthcoming book, Cleaving: A Story of Meat, Marriage, and Obsession, will be published in December.
Julia Child was very important in teaching me how to cook well. I will always regret not telling her so. I thought she would live forever.
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In 1970 when I was 15 or so, I cracked open this cookbook that my mom had bought and became fascinated by the exotic French names of dishes that sounded delectable and so different from the American fare that I was used to at home and at restaurants. The book was "Mastering the Art of French Cooking", and before long I was trying my hand at creme anglaise and mousse au chocolat. Both were a great success.
Many years later I inherited Child's cookbook from my mother. Now I'm preparing her boeuf bourguignon, coq au vin and other main courses. The recipes, while more often involving several sub-steps to complete a recipe, are written with authority, warmth and an inate love of food. I treasure this cookbook more than any other.
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