Recently a group of friends and I have started having regular movie nights. It started a few months ago and we have just continued it. Obviously October was the month of Scary Movies since it was Halloween. For November we have chosen to go with the theme of Food related Movies. Our first November movie night was last night and we decided on Julie and Julia. A true story based off of this woman Julie who was feeling down in a funk about her life and her career but absolutely looked up to Julia Child and decided to start a blog and to challenge herself to cook her way through Julia Child's cookbook, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking".I absolutely adore this movie for more than one reason.
First, I love to cook and have been cooking since I was a child due to my father who has always been an on again off again chef with the hopes of opening his own restaurant. I remember the weekends my dad would rotate who he would bring into the restaurant with him while he did his morning prep and allow us to help do a bit of cooking. Those were some of the best pancakes I had ever tasted and still prefer my dads pancakes to this day. His love and passion for cooking rubbed off on me in the best possible way. I love coming up with new creations for foods and cooking the regular staples as well. I have an even bigger passion for baking, I always make the joke that I love to bake but don't want to keep any of it. Thus I bake the most during the holiday seasons so that I can give it all away as gifts to those I love and share the joy with those I don't. Another great aspect to my love of cooking is my friend who is going through Culinary classes and how well the two of us work together. The flow of ideas and not to mention the great food that we cook not only together but on our own as well. We constantly bounce ideas off of each other and are always looking for exciting new things to try. Cooking for me is great but I especially love to cook for others.
Second, the idea that this woman has gone on an adventure of her own to cook her way through Julia's book. I don't own this copy but I do have another one of Julia's books and I love just looking through it and in my head wanting to plan out a dinner party where I cook nothing but foods from her cookbook. I love cooking for large groups of people which is why I am usually the one in the kitchen during Thanksgiving and Christmas helping prepare the feast for my rather large family and extended family who choose to pop on by. For me cooking has always been a hobby that I enjoy as a stress relief. Baking is my form of procrastination from things I should be doing or an escape into a smell good world where all I am worried about is how yummy these treats will turn out.
I am excited for us to continue on our Themed Movie night adventure this month. One of the next movies on our list is called, "Hundred Foot Journey". I am looking forward to watching this movie as well as any others we choose to watch as a group or ones I may slip in when I have the free time.
Until next time readers, Eat well, Be Happy & Love Life!!
Xo ~ Chef Chrissy
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