Cooking a la Julia once a month with two friends (wearing our pearls) was inspired by seeing the movie JULIE AND JULIA with Meryl Streep as Julia Child, and Amy Adams as Julie Powell. Julie, the blogger, whose modern life parallels Julia Child's earlier traditional life, winds up publishing her own book on cooking and blogging Julia Child's recipes for a year in a small apartment in NYC.
Both had married and needed another interest in life - Julia Child chose cooking, and eventually published her cook book in 1967. Julie, the blogger, decided to cook a recipe a day a la Julia, and recently published her experiences (2009). Both books are now on sale, side by side, at many bookstores.
It is a hilarious movie for wannabe gourmet cooks, often poking fun at the traditions of Le Cordon Bleu School of Culinary Arts.
The recipe BOEUF BOURGUIGNON is to be found on page 215 of Julia Child's Mastering The Art Of FRENCH COOKING (1967 - Alfred A Knopt).
Do visit RUBY TUESDAY (Work of the Poet) for more fun with the colour red.
