“I have never looked to religion for comfort - belief is just not in my genes. But reading Mastering the Art of French Cooking - childishly simple and dauntingly complex, incantatory and comforting - I thought this was what prayer… — 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
“How much more interior can you get, after all, than the interior of bones? It's the center of the center of things. If marrow… — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
Metz's Perfection chronicles with lapidary precision one woman's climb back to happiness after not just a spouse's death, but also the shocking recognition that… — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
So the end may be a long time coming, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have a way of sneaking up on you. — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
