Thursday, October 22, 2009

Cooking with "Julie & Julia"

There are movies like "Sideways" that makes you want to taste wine (taste has more class than drink like crazy), other movies like "Fast and Furious" that makes you want drive like crazy, "Shall We Dance" makes you want.... ok, ok ... you got the picture.

With "Julie & Julia" you may leave the cinema with the wild desire of ... cooking! Yes, it's crazy but it's true (how many times did I write the word "crazy"? eheh).
I've seen this movie recently and I must say that I was positively surprised.
This movie is based, not on one, but on two real stories in two different times... which are connected somehow.
One story tells us about Julia Child (Meryl Streep), one american woman who moves to Paris in 1948 following her husband (who works at the Ambassy). To pass the time and boredom she decides to take cooking lessons at the famous Cordon Bleu School and she ends, after some years, to write a famous cooking book "Mastering the Art of French Cooking".
The other story, in the present day, turns around Julie Powell (Amy Adams), another american woman who has a sad and boring job and decides to cook through Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" - all 524 recipes in 365 days! And she creates a blog to tell all about her experiences and frustrations.
It seems a simple movie, but the final result is very good. Both actresses are great, but Meryl Streep steals the show! She plays her caracter like no one. If you were surprised with "Mamma Mia!", then you will enjoy to see Meryl Streep in another great role!

So basically you follow the Julia's cooking lessons in Paris in the past and Julie's cooking experiences in the present day. Cooking and more cooking... from simple recipes to an exquisite lobster ;-)
I like to cook as some of you may know, and after watching the movie I wanted to try some of those recipes ;-)
That reminds me of posting here some of mine cooking experiences ;-)

Yes, and there are movies like "Indiana Jones" that makes me want to be a real adventurer! ;-)

1 comment:

Espertinho said...

I just have two words for you: "chick flick"...