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I'm excited to receive the book and I can't wait until it gets here. I bought the Julie/Julia DVD with the bonus disk and I love the movie but I now love the cook book. Meryl Streep played her so well I love the movie, the bonus DVD and I love to cook and I love Julia Child. I have always enjoyed Julia's TV show and I was born the year she was married so I grew up with the name as a household icon. I have yet to purchase it but am planning on it today. I work away from home and I don't have cable TV I do have a DVD player and I often play that DVD several times a week in my apartment.
Bon Apetit. Anyway.the thing is.I followed the recipe pretty closely. Well.I decided I had procrastinated long enough and set out to make Beef Bourguignon as the Big Blizzard of 2010 (the first one on 2/6 - not the second that is on the way here now on 2/8. (Hard to mess up crab cakes.). I did however, recently complete my first recipe from this book - Beef Bourguignon. and the Super Bowl swept down upon us here in Virginia and metro D.C. In any case - I stayed pretty much on target with the recipe and OMG. This is a great book.
area. These went into the freezer in case of disaster with the Beef Bourguignon. I mean - I have never cooked with that much wine and the spice and flavoring combinations weren't all familiar to me. And that is saying a lot because believe me - I was SURE it would come out too bland or worse - just unpalatable. I had been putting it off because I have never been very confident in following recipes - especially not those where making my own marinade (with wine), and several steps of sauteeing, browning, tossing etc. I especially appreciate the basic guidance on meat cuts, pots and other cooking tips in easy to understand verbiage. I find myself wanting to cook with creamy butter more often. It was perfect to eat while watching the Saints win their first ever Super Bowl.
Julia gives little tips on how to embellish and recover from small errors which helped when the sauce was thinner than I thought it should be. I had never even made a beef stew before though I love to eat it when its cold outside - even though I am not a big beef eater - not at all. In a word.I was terrified. :-) Great book - even for an average cook like me.
I didn't know I had it in me. :-D It was SO delicious. :) And I generally find I am learning more about cooking techniques in general whether or not following a specific receipe.
The Beef Bourguignon turned out absolutely DIVINE. My recent bravery was induced by the fact that backup crab cakes had been purchased at Whole Foods on Friday before the snow really got started. :-0). were in the directions.
While not for every day, for special occasions and just for an interesting day in the kitchen, this is THE cookbook to have ready and waiting. Frankly great tasting food tastes great because it has cream, butter and/or sugar in it. I have tried only two so far, one beef and the other fish, and both have been excellent. Some would say a bit complex, and also there is no low fat version.
A lot of butter and not so healthy all around, but it makes a great treat. Ordered this while watching the movie and am enjoying the new challenges of cooking some different food.
The price was good, the delivery time was reasonable, The book is very well written with easily understood directions and reasonable substitutions.Its the best written cookbook I have.
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