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It does work out that way sometimes.
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I am kind of, um, particular about food--but all of these critics are really taking this way to seriously. Julie, to me, seemed like she undertook the blog to have fun and prove something to herself--not to show the world what a serious cook she was. Can no project be taken on just for fun? Does a person need to be an expert to do anything? How boring is that. I liked learning along with Julie and knowing she wasn't perfect and had an opinion. Just as Julia, on The French Chef, wasn't perfect, made mistakes, and had opinions about food and life. Qualities that makes both women much more personable and lovable in my mind.
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I'll probably wait until it comes around to HBO, then I'll DVR it and fast-forward through the crap half.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLpuJ6U9oOk
And for the record, just because she cooked at home and blogged about it doesn't mean Julie Powell embodied the organic food movement. If I cooked a Foster Farms chicken and covered it in bernaise sauce, it would still be chemically engineered poop, regardless of my TLC.
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If anything, she represents the humbler class of food bloggers who just enjoy food and are seeking to learn more, not just pretending they already know all the answers.
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My point: I dont think she embodies any organic movement whatsoever, in any definition of the word. What she's doing isn't new (people have blogged, people have cooked, people have devoted their lives to famous people--ie that cray cray lady who did all things Oprah), it's not natural to her, she's not growing her own veggies, the list goes on as to why this is not organic. I do think, however, that Ryan's done a good job proving an interesting point that she embodies the principles of the slow food movement. But since she never got into arguments with foodies over "slow food" like she did over "organic" shit, that stupid word has to be used at the end of the article to make a point.
My opinion: I DEFINITELY dont think you have to embody any movement of any kind in order to write an interesting blog, make an interesting movie, cook interesting food. My original point was that Amy Adams bothers me and her hair makes me want to rip mine out and donate it to her. Linguistics be damned.
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What's ironic to me is that Julia seemed like someone who didn't cotton to putting on airs about food. That was her trademark. That her devotees are getting all snooty about this goes against the spirit of what Julia Child was all about.
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I said this above, but definitely read Julia Child ("My Life in France"). It's the better book, and the better half of the movie.
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I loved the book not because it had ANYTHING WHATSOEVER to do with cooking. I don't cook. I make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and stir fry. I was enchanted by it more because I could relate to the New York experience of taking the trek to LIC, living in a hovel of a loft space, and sometimes hating the day to day grind.
From my view point, Foodies, TOTALLY missed the boat and don't get it. And Julia Child didn't like Julie Powell. Who cares. I like Julie Powell. Good for her for getting into blogging while it was still new and unchartered. She took a risk. It paid off.
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And though I will freely admit to my crush on Bobby Flay, somehow I can't see any double Oscar winners starring in anything fashioned from, say, "Throwdown".
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Yet I am sure I'd fold if he personally hand-fed me bites of duck pâté seasoned with jalapenos.
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I live in San Francisco, which is spelled NORTHERN CALIFORNIA to foodies and means "HEAVEN."
You cannot breathe in this town without almost choking on the saffron-scented exhalations of self-righteous, obsessive-compulsive foodies of every persuasion.
Raw food, vegan, lacto-ovo, organisists, nitrogen-dusted victory gardeners, market farmers, traditionalists, alchemist chefs, WAP fanatics (of which I am one), etc. etc. etc.
Fresh, artful and organic fare is the religion of California.
We have a vegan cafe called "Cafe Gratitude" where they will not serve you unless you order the dish by it's exact title on the menu. The dishes names are "I Am Humble," "I Am Energized," "I Am At Peace." I think they should have a dish called "I Am a Food Nazi."
Anyhoo...I was actually mildly interested in this movie because I think Child is incredibly interesting. Not liking Nora Ephron so much I was going to wait until it came out on DVD.
BUT NOW...I will have to go see it in the theatre, just to spite the food bloggers with their oh-so-hyper-precious photos and their adamant stances on mushroom foam ingredients.
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