num_pages: 6
description: The bestselling memoir that's "irresistible....A kind of Bridget Jones meets The French Chef" (Philadelphia Inquirer) that inspired Julie &amp; Julia, the major motion picture directed by Nora Ephron, starring Amy Adams as Julie and Meryl Streep as Julia.Nearing 30 and trapped in a dead-end secretarial job, Julie Powell reclaims her life by cooking every single recipe in Julia Child's legendary Mastering the Art of French Cooking in the span of one year. It's a hysterical, inconceivable redemptive journey -- life rediscovered through aspics, calves' brains and cr� me br�l�e.
language: English
title: Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
titlecomplete: Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
characters: Julia von Mirbach, Julie Powell, Julia Child, Eric Powell, Paul Child, Julie Barenson, Eric Ross
genres: Biography, Humor, Foodie, Cooking, Chick Lit, Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Food, Memoir
ratings_count: 158906
publisher: Little Brown and Company