Julie and Julia

An Awe-Inspiring Food Memoir Workshop With Julie Powell

Larissa Heron | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Food-Memoirs, Young Writers, Julie and Julia, Girls-Write-Now, Food Blogging, Julie Powell, Teen News

For 365 days, Julie blogged about her experience cooking 524 recipes of Julia Child's. By the end of her flavorful adventure, she had created a true work of art.

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Lawrence Of 'The Lawrence/Julie & Julia Project' Reflects On 365 Viewings

HuffingtonPost.com | Lizzie Schiffman | Posted 12.20.2011

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Insanity is often defined as repeating the same action while expecting different results. Lawrence Dai isn't sure what he was expecting when he embark...

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A Chaotic Cornucopia of Culinary Cinema (VIDEOS)

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Night, Lezion Di Cioccolato, Sammo Hong, Luca Argentro, Muslim-American, Apron Strings, Kung Fu Chefs, Julie and Julia, Naseeruddin Shah, Stephen Chow, Iron Chef America, Chocolate, Today?S Special, Harish Patel, Pieces of April, The Mistress of Spices, Dim Sum, Fabio Bonifacci, Katie Holmes, Cherrie Ying, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Gurinder Chadha, Ai Kago, Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?, Claudio Cupellini, Louis Fan, What?S Cooking?, Food Fight, Like Water for Chocolate, Meryl Streep, Lessons in Chocolate, Aasif Mandvi, David Kaplan, Madhur Jaffrey, Perugina, Arts News

The connection between food and passion finds its way into all kinds of movies: Robert Morley, George Segal, and Jacqueline Bisset starred in 1978's ...

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Cutting Meat and Switching Hands to Eat: It's the American Way, Though Not in Films or TV

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abc, Film, Germany, Late Night Shows, Family, The Other Guys, Eating Out, Phyllis Davis, Andreas Stenschke, Nbc, Fox, Zig-Zag Style of Eating, Cbs, Queen Elizabeth II, France, Julie and Julia, Satire, Master Chef, Supernatural, The Late Show, The KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, Meryl Streep, Great Britain, Michael Russnow, Desperate Housewives, Flipped, Revolutionary Road, Leonardo Dicaprio, Ram Productions, Cw, David Letterman, Europe, United Kingdom, Entertainment News

A relatively small percentage of Americans eat a la the Europeans. Yet almost all the movies I've lately been watching show American characters eating the "continental" way. The question is why?

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The Poetry of Pork

Richard C. Morais | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Julia Child, Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Food Writing, Julie and Julia, Cookbooks, Cooking, Food News

Anthony Bourdain, author of Kitchen Confidential, amusingly calls good culinary writing "food porn." He is entirely right. The language of the kitchen, with its "searing," "juices" and "drippings," is semi-erotic.

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Facing History, and Arizona

Hans Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Civil Liberties, Gop, Proposition 8, Undocumented Immigrants, David Johnson, Arizona Immigration Law, Obama Administration, Immigration, Arizona, Business, Julie and Julia, Civil Rights, Antigay Initiatives, Mccarthyism, sb1070, Cincinnati, Office of Special Counsel Scott Bloch, Kinsey Scale, Jasmyne Cannick, Civil Rights Movement, California, Enda, Solidarity, Purge, Procter & Gamble, Texas, Lgbt, Immigration Reform, California Gay Marriage, LGBT Rights, Julia Child, Republicans, Interfaith Dialogue, Politics News

It is easy to be cowed by mere numbers in the immigration debate. More than 12 million undocumented people reside in the United States. But whether yo...

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Oscar Nominations: The Books Behind The Movies (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt and Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011

The Oscars are just around the corner, and out of the ten movies nominated for Best Picture, four are based on books. This isn't the first year that...

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Meryl Streep's Bad Oscar Batting Average

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Film, The Oscars, Award Season, Julie and Julia, Meryl Streep, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Meryl Streep has a record 16 Academy Awards acting nominations, yet her batting average is minor league when it comes to winning. ...

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Oscar Nominated Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci Cook It Up Over Julie & Julia

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stanley Tucci, Nora Ephron, Cooking, Meryl Streep, Julia Child, Food, Amy Adams, Julie and Julia, Mastering of French Cooking, Julie Powell, Entertainment News

Looking very Julia Child-like, actor Meryl Streep stepped up to the press conference table in a long grey dress. Her interview partner Stanley Tucci -- who plays Child's husband, Paul -- is clad in a dark sport coat and white open shirt.

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Edible Cinema Makes Good: Food, Inc. Earns an Oscar Nod

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Pollan, Robert Kenner, Food Documentaries, Food Inc., Food Politics, The Queer Farmer Project, Oprah, Julie and Julia, The Greenhorns, Green News

Food, Inc. is an amazing film that caught fire upon release and is still burning bright, having caught the attention of Oprah Winfrey.

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What's the Matter with Meryl?

Darryle Pollack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Golden Globes 2010, Julie and Julia, Meryl Streep, Entertainment News

I don't have an answer to this question -- but if there's nothing the matter with Meryl Streep, then something is the matter with that. Seriously. Could anyone be this magical?

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Meryl Streep's Golden Globes Win: Tears And Thanks (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Meryl Streep won a Golden Globe for "Julie and Julia," beating herself out for "It's Complicated," as well as Sandra Bullock and Julia Roberts. Read ...

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Breaking Up: Best Books Not To Read Right After (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Amy Hertz and Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

There's no good time to go through a break up and the holidays are just about the worst. The last thing you want to do is rub salt into a wound by rea...

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Free Flick Fridays: Grace of My Heart

Tribeca Film | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brian Wilson, Grace of My Heart, Mi Vida Loca, Brill Building, Carly Simon, Carole King, Allison Anders, Tribeca Film, Free Flick Fridays, Joni Mitchell, Illeana Douglas, Julie and Julia, Entertainment News

While Julie & Julia was a joyful duet between Amy Adams and Meryl Streep, the bummer about the film is that it reminds us about what an amazing movie a straight-up biopic of Child would've been.

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Julie Powell, 'Julie & Julia' Author, Returns With A Meaty Course

AP | MARK KENNEDY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eating Animals, Nora Ephron, Mastering the Art of French Kitchen, Cleaving, Julia Child, Julie Powell, Julie and Julia, Jonathan Safran Foer, Books News

NEW YORK — Julie Powell's new book is not for the squeamish, in more ways than one. It opens with her in the back of a butcher shop, flecked wi...

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When Julia Became Julie, Content Lost Its Throne

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Julie and Julia, Nora Ephron, Media News

Publishers didn't call Julie Powell because her blog was so well written or the Internet equivalent of Child's genuine masterpiece, but because the New York Times - by journalistic fiat - had said Julie Powell is now famous and now has a platform.

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Blogs To Bestsellers (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz and Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Blog to bestseller, it was the story of the decade. Most popular blogs were a book deal waiting to happen, and a wave of recent bestsellers that origi...

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Golden Globes 2010: What Movie Should Win Best Comedy/Musical??

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Best Picture, The Hangover, Julie and Julia, It's Complicated, Golden Globes, Nine, Slidepoll, Golden Globes 2010, Los Angeles News

This Sunday kicks off Awards Season with the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Ricky Gervais, the first Globes host in 15 years, leads this year's cha...

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Julie Powell, Author Of "Julie & Julia" On Her New Book, "Cleaving" (VIDEO)

abcnews.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Julie Powell, author of "Julie & Julia" and, most recently, "Cleaving" speaks about her new book and why she turned to butchery when her marriage was ...

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A Julia Child for the 21st Century: Meet Lorna Sass

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Julia Child, Vegetarian, Lorna Sass, Pressure Cooker, Vegan, Meryl Streep, Nora Ephron, Julie and Julia, Green News

Meet Lorna Sass, one of America's foremost experts on pressure cookers and whole grains. Think of her as the Ed Begley Jr. of the cookbook world -- a pioneer in the art of low-carbon cooking.

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The Final Destination 3D Defeats Halloween II in the Year's Dumbest Showdown: Huff Post Weekend Box Office in Review

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Yup, summer is officially over. Now we can get to what's really important -- trying to keep up with the dozen or so new Oscar-bait releases and overestimating James Cameron's Avatar.

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Tsunami Julia

Betty Fussell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child, Julie and Julia, Food Inc., Michael Pollen, New York News

Holding a mirror up to the nature of the American food scene is just too much for millions of us to stomach. We'd so much rather feed our hunger with images of Julia/Meryl's joy.

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Delayed Huff Post Weekend Box Office in Review (08/23/09)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shorts, Scott Mendelson, Julie and Julia, Movies, GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Robert Rodriguez, Box Office, District 9, Brad Pitt, Post Grad, Harvey Weinstein, Alexis Bledel, Meryl Streep, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds, News, Entertainment News

As everyone and their sister already knows, Inglourious Basterds scored a genuinely impressive $38 million over its debut weekend.

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Julie & Julia: Who's Cooking Now?

Laura Baudo Sillerman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Laura Baudo Sillerman, Films, Nora Ephron, Meryl Streep, Marriage, Cooking, Sex at Midlife, Movie, The Art of French Cooking, Julie Powell, Julie and Julia, Movies, Healthy Living News

This is a note about what happens when a director in her sixties writes and directs a movie, about a young woman questing after the life once led by an older woman.

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Julie, Julia and Me

Jennifer Evans Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Julia Child, Julie and Julia, Julie Powell, Home News

I have to be honest - I am jealous of Julie Powell. You know, the girl who wrote the blog and book about how she cooked her way through Julia Child's recipes, which became the basis for the film "Julie and Julia."

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