Julia, Julia, and Julia

Here comes a new movie about Julia Child starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams. Julia Child wrote MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING. Time magazine in 1966 called her "Our Lady of the Ladle." She believed in "the importance of a meal, it's place in a day, in life, the at-table meeting of body and soul, and the pleasure of sharing that...I fell in love with French food- the tastes, the processes, the history, the endless variations, the rigorous discipline, the creativity, the wonderful people, the equipment, the rituals." Did she have a natural talent for cooking? No. The first meal she made for her husband was "messy to look at and not very good to eat." Yet she went on to inspire Americans to get in their kitchens and cook- not to just settle for inceasingly popular frozen dinners. Go watch the movie and get inspired to start your own cooking co-op. Get into a routine of cooking like Julia Child one night a week to enjoy the variety, creativity, and rituals of cooking in your own kitchen. To quote my longtime friend, another Julia, "If I am out of my routine, I'm not good for anyone or anything."