Julie Powell Books

Trapped in a boring job and living in a tiny apartment in New York, Julie Powell regularly finds herself weeping on the way home from work. Then one night, through her mascara-smudged eyes, Julie notices that the few items she's grabbed from the Korean grocery store are the very ingredients for Potage Parmentier, as described in Julia Childs' legendary cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. And The Project is born. Julie begins to cook - every one of the 524 recipes in the book, in the space of just one year. This is Julie's story, as gradually, from oeufs encocotte to bifstek saute au beurre, from "Bitch Rice" to preparing live lobsters, she realises that this deranged Project is changing her life. The richness of the thousands of sauces she slaves over is beginning to spread into her life, and she begins to find the joie de vivre that has been missing for too many years.

Julie Powell thought cooking her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking was the craziest thing she'd ever do--until she embarked on the voyage recounted in her new memoir, CLEAVING. Her marriage challenged by an insane, irresistible love affair, Julie decides to leave town and immerse herself in a new obsession: butchery. She finds her way to Fleischer's, a butcher shop where she buries herself in the details of food. She learns how to break down a side of beef and French a rack of ribs--tough, physical work that only sometimes distracts her from thoughts of afternoon trysts. The camaraderie at Fleischer's leads Julie to search out fellow butchers around the world--from South America to Europe to Africa. At the end of her odyssey, she has learned a new art and perhaps even mastered her unruly heart.

The struggle for voting rights has a deep-rooted history marked by persistent voter suppression efforts aimed at marginalized groups. Julie Powell explores the arduous journey toward enfranchisement for women, young people, African Americans, and other minorities, highlighting the sacrifices made for the right to vote. This narrative not only recounts the constitutional amendments that expanded the electorate but also examines the ongoing challenges and resistance faced by those seeking to exercise their rights today.

Julie Powells leven zit muurvast. Ze is bijna dertig, hopt van het ene oninteressante baantje naar het anderen, ze woont - met een aardige, goedverdienende man, maar dat is nu even niet belangrijk - in een waardeloos appartementje en het enige dat ze kan denken is: IS DIT HET NOU? In een opwelling besluit ze om in één jaar álle recepten uit het kookboek van Julia Child te maken. Op haar weblog doet ze verslag van haar culinaire blunders en successen. Zo leert Powell niet alleen goed koken, maar krijgt ze ook haar joie de vivre terug. Haar culiblog wordt een bestseller die nu wordt verfilmd met Meryl Streep en Amy Adams in de hoofdrollen.