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| Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously | 
 enlarge | Author: Julie Powell
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Category: Book
List Price: $13.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  63 reviews
Sales Rank: 18404
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 1.1
ISBN: 0316013269
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5092
EAN: 9780316013260
ASIN: 0316013269
Publication Date: September 7, 2006
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Condition: Standard used condition.
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 a great read January 2, 2008
This is a sweet book, a great read for a rainy afternoon. I highly recommend it.
What a great idea December 11, 2007
I found this book to be extremely entertaining. It was a great mix of edgy city living and humor overlayed with the age-old mystery of the kitchen, as well as a touch of the self-help or self-discovery genre that seems to be taking over America today. This book is best for its characters and their witty banter and will probably resonate most with those in their 20s and 30s, and particularly those who are in a dead end job and wishing for an adventure of their own.
 tasteless book, left me with a craving for less November 13, 2007
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
The worst part of this book is that it's just boring. It's also crass and unsubtle, and at no time was I persuaded that the author actually enjoys food. It's interesting that Julie Powell got a book deal out of her experiment, but I can't imagine why. Paid five bucks for it at Barnes & Noble. Couldn't finish it.
Worth reading but for all the wrong reasons. November 7, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What a very interesting and informative book! While I was surprised that the book seemed to have little to do with Julia Child or even French cooking, I did find it a wealth of information about far-left mentality, complete with all the immorality, godlessness, and vitriolic intolerance of anyone who might hold a different opinion. The reader gets bizarre lessons on everything from social Darwinism to plumbing, all equally irrational. Despite wading through all the sewer language and "nasty" bits (and there are plenty of those), the writing is good, often funny and revealing. There are few sources where the elitist mentality comes charging through with flaming arrogance, but it is soon diluted with self-deprecation. Julia Child, whom the author says "hated" her, deserves our sympathy. However, I feel that I know Julie and Eric (In fact, I am sure I do, only they have different names), and I wish them well. These are the people who make life entertaining.
Interesting read November 1, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
You may actually be living under a rock if you never heard of this website and her book, Julie and Julia, My Year of Cooking Dangerously. Julie Powell, the author, at an extremely boring job decided to tackle Julia Child's book Mastering The Art of French Cooking. She chronicles her mission on successfully preparing each and every recipe within Child's book, all 524 of them. You do get extra information, such as stories of her life at the moment, but what you do see is how one woman decided to succeed in what most of us never do, actually cook each and every recipe in a cookbook. The results - a deeper respect for Julia Child and a new passion for food and cooking.
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