Cooking saved my life! Sure, there were some miserable moments, but that was sort of the point, to find something challenging and… — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
“If I had thought the beef marrow might be a hell of a lot of work for not much difference, I needn’t… — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
“It's all about the "French Paradox," that much-publicized puzzle of how French people eat all that fatty food and drink tons of… — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
If there's a sexier sound on this planet than the person you're in love with cooing over the crepes you made for… — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
“I took a bite of lobster meat with rice. It was quite tasty. 'Arguing the morality of slaughter will send you into… — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
“Everyone knows there are foods that are sexy to eat. What they don't talk about so much is foods that are sexy… — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
“One theory on cannibals, of course, is that they eat parts of their slain enemies to benefit from that person's greatest assets - their strength, their courage. Then there’s that thing they do in Germany. You heard about that, didn’t you? Some man over there agreed to let another man cut off his penis, cook it, then feed it to… — Julie Powell Copy Share
“These are the times when we aficionados of the gas stove know we are on the side of God.” — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
“Eric had to make me wake up for long enough to take out my contacts.” — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
The blog is certainly another tool for writers out there to break their way in. But being a blogger does not make you a… — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
“You know that dejection that comes upon you when you realize that the person you're talking to might as well be from Jupiter, for… — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, Martha's recipes, though suitably complex, fall a tad short if you're looking for aphrodisiac cooking, perhaps only because everything about a Martha recipe,… — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
“It was only once I was in the car ... that the only two reasons I hadn't joined right in with the loon with… — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
“I’m the kind of person, who, when bored or unhappy, either drinks myself into oblivion or cooks very unhealthy things; Sally is the kind… — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
“Fiddling with damp tarragon left me so intensely irritated that when I was done I had to stick the ramekin/mise en place bowls back… — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
“Without the Project I was nothing but a secretary on a road to nowhere, drifting toward frosted hair and menthol addiction.” — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
But hard bitten cynicism leaves one feeling peevish, and too much of it can do lasting damage to your heart. — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
