Julia and Julia: Story of A Cook and a Blogger

Just returned from seeing the new Meryl Streep/Amy Adams movie about Julia Child and the young woman (also named Julia) in Queens who started a blog about working her way through The Art of French Cooking and in the process became something of a star. I could totally relate to her early attempts to find an audience. She said when she first began it was something akin to "doing sit-ups" every day or maybe "like AA," which I assume means she took it one day at a time. Although I can barely boil water these days (I did once actually make the boef bourginon described in the movie a few times in the far distant past), I found the movie oddly touching and inspiring. It is really about finding your passion and doing that with gusto no matter what your detractors may say. The original Julia, who was not a cook at all in the beginning, eventually became a major TV star, and the young Julia in the movie ends up with a book contract and on the big screen (i.e. this movie!) So bon appetite, everybody, and keep on keeping on until you find your passion.