Julie Child is certainly getting her due. Her book, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, is finally topping the best seller list ⎯ 48 years after it was originally published. My friend Joe, a master cook himself, recently became the owner of Julia's book and was nice enough to cook me a meal from her well-tested pages. He chose "Chicken with Butter Sauce," (or something like that). Joe described the recipe as a very detailed, intricate, all around pain in the arse. Whatever. It was scrumptious. Chicken so juicy you could hydrate a dry sponge⎯with butter sauce. So here's a question: how many of you out there own Mastering the Art of French Cooking and how many actually use it?
{p.s., I'm thinking of dressing up as Julia for Halloween. I have a rubber turkey, a knife, and an apron. Maybe I'll borrow Joe's copy of her book. All I need is a wig. Any other ideas on how to make me look like Julia? I'm concerned that no one will recognize me. A few years ago, I went to a Halloween party as Frida Kahlo and no one knew who I was. After a few drinks, someone came up to me and said, are you that Salma Hayek character in that movie? Um, you mean the famous Mexican painter that Salma Hayek played? Yes. Yes, I am.).
