Not generally, however, but at the Rome film festival.

So what did the Italians have to say about the movie? Lots of praise for
Streep, who is a beloved icon of American film, although most of them have
never heard her voice, since movies are dubbed here. A clip showing her
fluting as Julia this morning will probably stun the typical Italian
filmgoer, because dubbers often sound just like the original (without
Streep's famous accents, of course.)

The film itself was described this morning as "standard Hollywood cute
story" and that could be true since of course they wanted it to go beyond
the cookery world. I haven't seen it, and it will probably never get
anywhere near me.

I'm sure the Italians will see it the way I did, as entertainment.

It was totally incredible to me that a 20-something woman, with little experience, could cook 524 recipes perfectly each time from a tiny New York apartment.

You can't learn to cook from a recipe book, you need an understanding of Basic Cooking Methods to make any recipe work.

Only in Hollywood can someone learn to cook exactly like Julia Child on the first try, just by reading a book.

I have two blog posts about the movie, one where I try to make "Boeuf Bourguignon" exactly as it appears in Julia's book. It didn't work out well.
webcookingclasses.com/blog

ChefToddMohr wrote:
> I'm sure the Italians will see it the way I did, as entertainment.
>
> It was totally incredible to me that a 20-something woman, with little
> experience, could cook 524 recipes perfectly each time from a tiny New
> York apartment.

I thought it was clear she was learning to cook via doing the
exercise, and she didn't make everything perfectly the first time
at all.

> You can't learn to cook from a recipe book, you need an understanding
> of Basic Cooking Methods to make any recipe work.
>
> Only in Hollywood can someone learn to cook exactly like Julia Child
> on the first try, just by reading a book.

Well, Julie did cook her way through the book, but I never saw
this 'cooking exactly like Julia Child on the first try.'

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:

> ChefToddMohr wrote:

> > Only in Hollywood can someone learn to cook exactly like Julia Child
> > on the first try, just by reading a book.
>
> Well, Julie did cook her way through the book, but I never saw
> this 'cooking exactly like Julia Child on the first try.'

The original blog is still there, for anyone who wants first-hand
information about the "project".

<http://blogs.salon.com/0001399/2002/08/25.html>




Brian

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>
> I saw it already in August.

Oh, are you in Italy?

ChefToddMohr wrote:
>
> I'm sure the Italians will see it the way I did, as entertainment.
>
> It was totally incredible to me that a 20-something woman, with little
> experience, could cook 524 recipes perfectly each time from a tiny New
> York apartment.


Who said anything about making them 'perfectly'? Since Julia never ate
any of those dishes, who's to say?


>
> You can't learn to cook from a recipe book, you need an understanding
> of Basic Cooking Methods to make any recipe work.

That can be obtained from a good cookbook. Millions of people have
learnt to cook that way.

>
> Only in Hollywood can someone learn to cook exactly like Julia Child on
> the first try, just by reading a book.

Ms Julie probably didn't cook *exactly* like Julia Child. No two cooks
ever cook exactly the same; that's why people here ask how to make
things like their (insert deceased relative here) did.
>
> I have two blog posts about the movie, one where I try to make "Boeuf
> Bourguignon" exactly as it appears in Julia's book. It didn't work out
> well.
> webcookingclasses.com/blog
>


That could just mean you aren't as good a cook as Julia <ducking and
running>