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  • Published: 1 September 2011
  • ISBN: 9780241958650
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320
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Julie & Julia

My Year of Cooking Dangerously




The true story that inspired the hit film, starring Stanley Tucci, Amy Adams and Meryl Streep

Julie Powell's life is passing her by. By day, she answers unpleasant calls in a job she hates. By night, she weeps on the way back to her tiny apartment, grabbing items from the Korean grocery store on the corner to make for dinner.

But one evening, through mascara-smudged eyes, she realises the ingredients she picked up are exactly what she needs to make Potage Parmentier, as described in Julia Childs' legendary cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. And so The Project is born.

Julie begins to cook, tackling every one of the 524 recipes in the book in the space of just one year. Soon The Project is all she can think about. And before long, her life begins to feel as rich and delightful as the food she prepares . . .

  • Published: 1 September 2011
  • ISBN: 9780241958650
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320
Categories:

About the author

Julie Powell

After a misspent youth involving dead-end jobs and questionable decisions, Julia Powell, author of Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously, has found her calling as a writer-cum-butcher. She lives in Long Island City, Queens, when she isn't in Kingston, New York, cutting up animals.

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Praise for Julie & Julia

Sassy, quirky and disarmingly honest

Marie Claire

Restores your faith in eating for pleasure

Vogue

I savoured each dish with the same delight as the author

Sarah Vine, The Times

A gem of a book...both hilarious and touching

Glamour

What lies at the heart is the power of food to transform the everyday act of eating into a complex and potentially life-changing experience

Guardian

An entertaining romp portraying the joys and frustrations familiar to any ambitious domestic cook

Sunday Times

Heartwarming...highly entertaining

Daily Mail

Reads like a rip-roaringly good novel...a deliciously funny romp

BBC Good Food Magazine