“When I got home I peered down at the lobster to see how he was doing. The inner plastic bag was sucked tight around him and clouded up. It looked like something out of an eighties made-for-TV movie, with some… — 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… — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
“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