Dale had bought me the set of “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” probably in the mid to late ’70’s. What I have is a two volume set in a case.
I just referred to Volume 1 last week, lifting it gently from its case as the spine is breaking off. I found some notes that I’d written in the book on a food stained page. I remembered modifying that recipe to use in the crockpot.
Jan and I were talking about food something or another and at the same time decided that it would be fun to go see the new movie Julie & Julia. We had put a cheesecake in the oven, mostly to test using the leftover crunchy cookies as a crust, so then couldn’t leave until the last second possible. But we took the cake out of the oven a few minutes early and ran out the door.
The theater was packed and the only seats for us were in the front so we sat about 4 rows back. I usually don’t like to sit that close but this time we were so close to the food in the movie that we felt like we could reach out and take a taste.
Watching the movie was amazing; I’ve prepared many recipes from the 2 books, modifying some to fit the ingredients I had or the method of cooking. I also am writing a cooking blog and can identify with that.
The shock in the movie was when Julia Child received a copy of the book from the publisher. The book was so nice and so new! I thought of my poor old, faded, food stained, tattered book and knew that it had been so nice and new so long ago.
The food looked so good that we could taste it, especially those recipes I’d made before. I simply wanted to go home and thumb thru my books and then cook.
No comments:
Post a Comment