Julie Powell

Julia Anne Foster, known as Julie Powell, (born April 20, 1973) is an American author known for her book Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen as well as the film which was based on her book, Julie & Julia.[1]

Julie Powell
Powell in May 2011
Born (1973-04-20) April 20, 1973
Austin, Texas, US
OccupationBlogger, Writer
Alma materAmherst College
Period2002–present
GenreMemoir, Adult-nonfiction
Notable worksJulie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen, Cleaving: a Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession
SpouseEric Powell

Biography

Powell was born and raised in Austin, Texas. She graduated from Amherst College in 1995 with a double major in theater and creative writing.[2] She later married Eric Powell, an editor for the magazine Archaeology.[3]

Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen

While working for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation in August 2002, Powell began the Julie/Julia Project, a blog chronicling her attempt to cook all the recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking.[1][4] The blog quickly gained a large following, and Powell signed a book deal with Little, Brown and Company. The resulting book, Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen, was published in 2005.[5] The paperback edition was retitled Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously.

Child was reported to have been unimpressed with Powell's blog, believing her determination to cook every recipe in Mastering the Art of French Cooking in a year to be a stunt. Child's editor, Judith Jones, said in an interview:

Flinging around four-letter words when cooking isn't attractive, to me or Julia. She didn't want to endorse it. What came through on the blog was somebody who was doing it almost for the sake of a stunt. She would never really describe the end results, how delicious it was, and what she learned. Julia didn't like what she called 'the flimsies.' She didn't suffer fools, if you know what I mean.[6]

In 2009, Powell was awarded an honorary diploma from Le Cordon Bleu, the same cooking school from which Child graduated in 1951.[7]

Prior to her Julie/Julia project, Powell had never eaten an egg before she tackled Oeufs a la Fondue de Fromage. At various points in the blog, Powell confessed to loathing beans, olives, anchovies, salad, spinach, eggs and even fresh peas (“little green sacs of wet flour”).[8]

Cleaving: a Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession

Powell's second book, Cleaving: a Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession, details her experiences learning to butcher at Fleisher's butcher shop in Kingston, NY and the effects of affairs by both her and her husband on their marriage. It was published November 30, 2009.[9][10] The work received several negative reviews based on the content of the book and Powell's openness about the affairs.[11][12]

Film

A film adaptation of the book, directed by Nora Ephron and titled Julie & Julia, was released August 7, 2009. The film was based on both Julie Powell's book and Julia Child's autobiography My Life in France. Amy Adams starred as Julie Powell and Meryl Streep as Julia Child. Julie's husband, Eric, was portrayed by Chris Messina.

References
  1. "Julie Powell: Biography". Bio. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  2. "Julie Powell". Hachette Book Group. 2010. Archived from the original (Author Bio) on September 21, 2010. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
  3. Memmott, Carol (November 25, 2009). "Confessions cut to the bone". USA Today. She and Eric, 36, an editor at Archaeology magazine, are still together
  4. "The Julie/Julia Project". Archived from the original on October 13, 2002. Begins August 25, 2002; navigable from that page.
  5. Blythe Camenson (2007). Careers in Writing. McGraw-Hill Professional. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-07-148212-7.
  6. Andriani, Lynn (July 20, 2009). "Mastering the Art of French Cooking Reaches Young Readers Again". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on October 9, 2009.
  7. "Le Cordon Bleu welcomed Julie Powell!". Le Cordon Bleu. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  8. Parsons, Russ (March 26, 2003). "Diary of a Chef Wannabe". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  9. Long, Camilla (August 9, 2009). "Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat and Obsession by Julie Powell". The Sunday Times. London, UK. Archived from the original (Review) on June 15, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
  10. Leith, William (September 12, 2009). "Gut instincts". The Spectator. UK. 311 (9446): 37. Archived from the original on December 9, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  11. Muhlke, Christine (December 3, 2009). "Kiss the Cook". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  12. Holmes, Linda (December 10, 2009). "What's Wrong With Julie Powell's 'Cleaving'". NPR.org. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
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