Bon Appetit

I recently saw Julie and Julia and really enjoyed it-with the exception of an F-bomb in the middle of it) Why I ask? Why? Anyway, I wished it hadn't ended so quickly, I'd have like to see more. I dragged Lynn with me and he even laughed through it. Meryl Streep nailed the part of Julia Childs.

I don't need to say what a pioneering woman Julia was-everyone knows. She took her passion and plowed ahead with it. She did it because she loved it. It didn't matter if nobody else got it. I remember when she was one of only a few cooks on public television, and watching her on Saturday mornings, then later watching her do some specials with Jacques Pepin. (I've loved him since the time I heard him tell the story about being a school boy and coming home everyday to a hunk of good chocolate and bread his mother had waiting for him.) Mmmmmm.

Anyway, if you get the chance to see the movie, it was delicious and inspiring! (minus the F-bomb) So, after a year of serious dieting, I'm back to my food blog and will try to add some more fun recipes with pictures. I am a salad lover, so I'm sure I'll have more of those. If anyone has fun recipes to share, I'd love 'em! I love talking about and sharing recipes. I am still doing my cookbook (for myself) and it is taking me forever. With the dieting thing, it kept getting pushed to side all year. I mean, with Quincy Jones's Famous Rib recipe, who wants to make them and then take a picture of them and then not eat them?? I'm anxious to finish the book, but who know when that will be?? :)

At any rate, food is glorious, recipe books are addictive, butter is fabulous and as Julia says "Life is the Proper Binge" What a great quote! Bon Appetit!