Posts Tagged ‘Julia Child’
I can do it myself!
I was glad to see that Meryl Streep won the Golden Globe the other night for her performance as Julia Child — I thought Julie and Julia was one of the most delightful movies I’ve seen in a very long time.
Because I enjoyed the movie so much, a few weeks ago, I watched a special on PBS that aired three of the classic episodes of The French Chef. I watched dumbfounded as Julia Child made am omelet in 20 seconds.
All these years I’ve been doing it wrong (which is probably why I’ve always been so sorely disappointed by my omelets!) After watching her make about 10 of them, I decided to give it a try myself and you know what? My omelet flopped around just the way hers did, and it folded over on itself just like hers did, and after 20 seconds it was on the plate and it was tender and light and absolutely delicious.
I’ve been looking forward to breakfast ever since. I added some sauteed mushrooms first and that worked out well. Then, I added some guacamole. I’m sure I could easily move on to various cheeses.
What fun to discover something new to cook!
Yesterday I straightened up the shelf in my kitchen where I keep my cookbooks and I realized that I don’t have to accept life without mushroom soup just because Wegman’s doesn’t fix it for me anymore. I opened my Williams Sonoma SOUP book and there it was — a recipe for Three Mushroom Soup with Sherry.
With Sherry!
It will be on my table tonight. I’ll let you know…
Weekend Runs
Looks like it might be possible to thread the needle in between the wintry mix tomorrow and a 60% chance of showers on Sunday and do Greenberry’s on Saturday.