So, one day young New York wage slave Julie Powell decides that she's going to cook all 524 recipes in Julia Child's classic tome Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume 1. In one year. And, of course, she's going to blog the whole thing.
Soon enough, national attention for the Julia & Julia Project came knocking at her door. After newspaper, magazine and television appearances, publishers starting throwing book deals her way, the holy grail of all food bloggers.
But a movie? Is there any cooking blogger out there who harbors even the remotest dreams that the kitchen lives that they portray on the interweb could be turned into a movie?
Julie & Julia's release date is scheduled for August 7. Scripted and directed by Nora Ephron. Starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams. Sheesh, now thousands of food bloggers will have even loftier dreams to be shattered.
New trailer for Julia & Julia after the break:
This article appears in Apr 29 – May 5, 2009.