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1 Buzz Book Club: Julie and Julia
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2 Buzz Book Club: Julie and Julia, Section One
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3 Buzz Book Club: Julie and Julia, Section Two
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4 Buzz Book Club: The End of Julie and Julia
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5 Julie Powell on Meals, Maggots, and the Julia Child in Her Head
In 2002, Julie Powell was a secretary who blogged on the side. Now, she's a bestselling author whose first book, Julie and Julia — a former Buzz Book Club pick — has been adapted into a film starring Amy Adams and Meryl Streep. Along the way, she's stirred up some controversy (including having her dedication to cooking questioned), and so when she stopped in San Francisco earlier this week, I Read more
Hey Buzz Book Club readers! Have you finished Julie and Julia? I'm excited to chat about this final section, even though I'm still in a food coma from feasting yesterday. I have to say, I can't believe Julie really pulls this thing off! Here's how the Book Club goes if you're new: Every week I suggest chapters to complete by the next post (which, in this case, was every Friday in November). In Read more
Hey Buzz Book Club readers! Welcome back! I hope you were able to round up a copy of Julie and Julia to read along with me. This is the section in which our writer gets down and dirty with some hard recipes to tackle. Can't wait to discuss! But first, a note about how Book Club goes if you're new: Every week I'll suggest chapters to complete by the next post (which, in this case, will go up every Read more
Hey Buzz Book Club readers! Welcome back! I hope you were able to round up a copy of Julie and Julia to read along with me. I'm liking what I'm reading so far, but I have a couple questions on my mind about the first section that I'm looking forward to discussing with you. First, here's a recap of how the Book Club goes if you're new: Every week I'll suggest chapters to complete by the next post Read more
Hello, Buzz Book Club readers! I don't know about you, but as soon as my calendar says "November," I start thinking about food. Lots and lots of yummy Thanksgiving food . . . mmm . . . ahem! I figured it would be fun to read a book all about cooking good stuff in honor of the delicious holiday. I've had my eye on Julie and Julia by Julie Powell ever since I learned that they're making it into a Read more
The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) are currently gathered in Austin, TX, for their annual weeklong conference. Last night, Dave Arnold, the director of technology for The French Culinary Institute and Chris Young, the co-author of Modernist Cuisine, hosted the 2011 Cookbook Awards Gala. Among the winners? The New York Times and Food52's Amanda Hesser and French Read more
Sandra Bullock clutched her iPad yesterday as she left her trailer on the Brooklyn set of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. She and her costar, Tom Hanks, have been filming in the outer borough for the last few days, and her now-walking son, Louis, even went out recently to check in on how things were going. Tom spent time in front of the cameras with a young costar, seeming to have some Read more
