Friday, August 6, 2010

18. My Life in France

by Julia Child (333 pp.)

"One of the secrets, and pleasures, of cooking is to learn to correct something if it goes awry; and one of the lessons is to grin and bear it if it cannot be fixed."

Another thing Julia says is the cook should never apologize for the meal, even if it's clearly dreadful. I need to practice that one. I can't believe how much I enjoyed this book. I didn't see the movie Julie & Julia so I didn't know that they used this for the Julia story. I love Julia's passion for France and food and sharing it with America. I think just reading about all the butter and cream made me go up a pants size. But I need to get my hands on her recipe for French bread.

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