Julie & Julia

We went to the moving pictures yesterday and saw Julie & Julia. If you're a foodie as I am, and you used to watch Julia Child on PBS, as I did, before being a "foodie" was hip, you're going to really like this movie.

Why all of a sudden do I feel like Rex Reed, or Gene Shalit without the silly mustache?

I've never been a big fan of Meryl Streep, even though I know she's truly is a great actor. I think it is because when I saw Kramer verses Kramer I was going through my own private divorce hell, and to me, she was the bad guy. But moving right along, I gotta say. She nailed Julia.

Jamie Fox nailed Ray Charles in Ray and Meryl got Julia.

I've always liked to eat and one of the best ways that I found to get food to be just the way you like it is to prepare it yourself. So I took to cooking. I wasn't worried about being thought of as a sissy or anything. I had no issues with my masculinity. There were a few good cooking shows on back in the sixties. The two that I remember the best were Graham Kerr and Julia Child. Julia was hands down, my favorite, She was as real as they come. Back in the sixties, after the era of live TV, on air talent stood in front of a camera and let it rip. Not much editing back then. If Julia dropped a chicken on the floor she would just pick it up, brush it off and put it back on the serving platter and explain that these thing happen in the real world. If she burnt something, she'd show how to rescue it if at all passable.

Pre-Julia, I always thought of the French and their cooking as being way over pretentious. I still think of the French as being over pretentious snobs, but at least Julia made their food a lot more accessible. Every now and then, I try to make something from my Le Cordon Blue Complete Cook, Home Collection, but it is a reach for me. So now, I just bought an E-edition of Mastering The Art of French Cooking and I'll try a few things Julia fashion. But not them all, I still like my BBQ, Italian sausage & peppers and Linguine with white clam sauce.Esse gut.