Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously
Julie & Juliais the story of Julie Powell's attempt to revitalize  her marriage, restore her ambition, and save her soul by cooking all 524  recipes in Julia Child'sMastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume  I, in a period of 365 days.  The result is a masterful medley ofBridget  Jones' DiarymeetsLike Water for Chocolate, mixed with a healthy dose of  original wit, warmth, and inspiration that sets this memoir apart from most  tales of personal redemption.When we first meet Julie, she's a frustrated temp-to-perm secretary who  slaves away at a thankless job, only to return to an equally demoralizing  apartment in the outer boroughs of Manhattan each evening. At the urging of  Eric, her devoted and slightly geeky husband, she decides to start a blog  that will chronicle what she dubs the "Julie/Julia Project." What follows is  a year of butter-drenched meals that will both necessitate the wearing of an  unbearably uncomfortable girdle on the hottest night of the year, as well as  the realization that life is what you make of it and joy is not as  impossible a quest as it may seem, even when it's -10 degrees out and your  pipes are frozen.Powell is a natural when it comes to connecting with her readers, which is  probably why her blog generated so much buzz, both from readers and media  alike. And while her self-deprecating sense of humor can sometimes dissolve  into whininess, she never really loses her edge, or her sense of purpose.  Even on day 365, she's working her way through Mayonnaise Collee and ending  the evening "back exactly where we started--just Eric and me, three cats and  Buffy...sitting on a couch in the outer boroughs, eating, with Julia  chortling alongside us...."Inspired and encouraging,Julie and Juliais a unique opportunity to  join one woman's attempt to change her life, and have a laugh, or ten, along  the way.--Gisele Toueg--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.