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00:00:46 Repeat after me, okay?
00:01:07 Oh, Paul, leave me alone.
00:01:26 -Bon appétit.
00:01:39 Butter.
00:01:48 Oh, my goodness.
00:01:51 You have to taste this.
00:01:56 Here.
00:02:07 I mean. . . It's. . .
00:02:08 -I know.
00:02:09 I know. I know. I know.
00:02:17 Look at that! Oh, Paul, it's so beautiful !
00:02:28 Slow down.
00:02:31 Sorry.
00:02:41 This is it. Look, right. . . Just stop.
00:02:46 I can't believe we get to live here.
00:02:52 Paul !
00:03:19 Is this a mistake?
00:03:21 We're gonna love Queens.
00:04:11 Moving truck's here.
00:04:24 You okay?
00:04:25 -Everything is falling down.
00:04:28 What are we doing here?
00:04:31 Repeat after me.
00:04:32 -Nine hundred square feet.
00:04:39 Plus, it's close to your office.
00:04:40 Plus, it's close to my office,
00:04:44 We could renege on the lease,
00:04:51 You're right. You're right.
00:04:55 -Eric, what is that noise?
00:05:01 Is it going to be like this every night?
00:05:06 Maybe.
00:05:13 Jule?
00:05:17 It's Versailles.
00:05:21 I'm so happy you like it, darling.
00:06:43 Good morning,
00:06:45 LMDC .
00:06:47 Lower Manhattan Development Corporation,
00:06:51 -My son died in the second tower.
00:07:00 I'm so sorry.
00:07:02 Are you the person to speak to
00:07:05 -that was in this morning's Times?
00:07:08 -Do you have any power?
00:07:10 I wanna speak to someone with power.
00:07:14 I don't like the plan either.
00:07:17 You people are a bunch of
00:07:20 l am not a heartless bureaucratic goon.
00:07:22 l am just a person in a cubicle,
00:07:25 This is my sixth phone call
00:07:28 I have to fill out a form to get in line
00:07:31 And you do. But, I mean, if you don't wanna
00:07:35 but you're still going to have to come in
00:07:37 -To your cubicle?
00:07:41 l feel terrible about what you're going
00:07:44 You have no idea what I'm going
00:07:47 -Please don't yell at me.
00:07:50 -Please stop yelling at me.
00:07:51 -My 3-year-oId is more capabIe of heIping.
00:07:55 And now the doctor says there's fibergIass
00:07:59 He coughs. He never stops coughing.
00:08:04 His wife says there's so much crap
00:08:07 and now his insurance is refusing to pay
00:08:10 -Tell her to call the Health Department.
00:08:13 Andrea Gomez in the mayor's office.
00:08:17 Thank you. Thank you.
00:08:33 Chocolate cream pie.
00:08:38 -You know what I love about cooking?
00:08:41 I love that after a day when nothing is sure,
00:08:43 and when I say "nothing" I mean nothing,
00:08:50 that if you add egg yolks to chocolate
00:08:54 it will get thick. It's such a comfort.
00:08:58 Bad day?
00:09:02 When will this pie be ready?
00:09:04 Soon, but I have to make
00:09:06 I'll be here. It's a masterpiece.
00:09:12 Ritual Cobb salad lunch tomorrow.
00:09:15 Dreading, dreading, dreading.
00:09:20 Subway.
00:09:21 -Hi.
00:09:22 How are you?
00:09:26 What can I get for you ladies?
00:09:27 I wilI have a Cobb salad, no bleu cheese.
00:09:30 -Cobb salad, no beets.
00:09:32 -Cobb salad, no eggs.
00:09:35 Are you listening carefully, Tracy?
00:09:40 -Here she goes.
00:09:41 -1 -8-5.
00:09:44 And call me the second you hear back.
00:09:47 My assistant.
00:09:50 I know. Yesterday I said to Allison,
00:09:52 "Go to the pharmacy,
00:09:54 She came back and said,
00:09:56 I said, "Did you try another pharmacy?"
00:10:01 Or Bloomingdale's.
00:10:04 Yeah, I don't get it.
00:10:06 You can be.
00:10:08 Fire your assistant
00:10:12 No, that's not what I mean, Julie.
00:10:14 Excuse me. Oh. . .
00:10:17 -Oh, those are cute.
00:10:20 Okay, tell them 1 90 , 1 -9-0 . Great.
00:10:26 "1-9-0." What? What are you up to?
00:10:28 $1 90 million.
00:10:32 Oh, wow. Oh, oh, that is so great, Cassie.
00:10:35 A parcel of what?
00:10:38 Buildings.
00:10:39 We're gonna tear them alI down
00:10:42 -To your parcel.
00:10:47 And enough about you, here's to me.
00:10:49 As of yesterday, I am the senior vice
00:10:55 -No.
00:10:56 and I can borrow haIf a million dollars
00:11:00 -Great.
00:11:03 -So how's your job, Julie?
00:11:06 -I can only imagine. Heartbreaking.
00:11:08 -Painful.
00:11:10 -Excuse me. Oh, God, I forgot.
00:11:14 -Hello?
00:11:15 -Hi.
00:11:16 Hey, Jules? I have got to interview you
00:11:20 Sure, Annabelle, great. I'd be honored.
00:11:24 Call Julie about interview.
00:11:26 Find out about dry cleaning.
00:11:30 Saturday party.
00:11:33 No.
00:11:34 I cannot computer-coach you every day
00:11:37 What is it about? The article?
00:11:40 It's about our generation turning 30.
00:11:45 People turning 30 . Oh, my life, I am so busy.
00:11:50 I don't know when I can fit you in.
00:11:54 May I remind you, I don't want to
00:11:58 Yeah. Would a breakfast work?
00:12:04 l believed her. What kind of idiot am l?
00:12:06 She said,
00:12:10 What'd you expect?
00:12:12 "Julie Powell, once the editor of
00:12:16 "the one we all knew would be 'The One,'
00:12:18 "temped for eight years before giving up
00:12:22 "and now works in a cubicle
00:12:25 "attempting to deal with
00:12:29 Oh, God, you memorized it? How pathetic.
00:12:33 She left so much out.
00:12:36 Anyway, the picture was good.
00:12:38 -I looked fat.
00:12:45 I forgot to tell you.
00:12:49 -Sarah told me. A blog.
00:12:52 What do you mean "of what"?
00:12:55 Of every thought
00:12:58 Her stupid, vapid, insipid. . .
00:13:03 I could write a blog.
00:13:05 I have thoughts.
00:13:07 And you're a writer,
00:13:10 -If only that were true.
00:13:12 HaIf a novel.
00:13:16 You're not a writer unless someone
00:13:19 See, that's what's so great about blogs.
00:13:23 You can just go online,
00:13:29 What would I write a blog about?
00:13:31 You're an editor, tell me.
00:13:33 Why don't you write about
00:13:38 A short blog.
00:13:42 You could write about your job.
00:13:47 If I wrote a blog about my job
00:13:50 -I mean, hello.
00:13:53 This is really good.
00:13:55 On top of which, the whole idea of writing
00:13:59 The way that cooking is a way
00:14:03 So write a blog about cooking.
00:14:07 I'm not a real cook,
00:14:11 Julia Child wasn't always Julia Child.
00:14:19 If I really wanted to learn to cook,
00:14:22 I could just cook my way through
00:14:25 I could blog about that.
00:14:28 I have a copy. I stole it from my mother
00:14:34 When I was eight, my father's boss came
00:14:39 and my mother made boeuf bourguignon.
00:14:41 But it wasn't just boeuf bourguignon.
00:14:47 And it was like she was there,
00:14:52 on our side like some great big good fairy.
00:14:58 And everything was going to be all right.
00:15:04 I'm gonna try to fIip this thing over now,
00:15:09 which is a rather daring thing to do.
00:15:12 She changed everything.
00:15:14 Before her, it was frozen food
00:15:18 Don't knock marshmallows.
00:15:21 When you fIip anything,
00:15:23 you've just got to have the courage
00:15:27 Especially if it's a Loose sort of mass Like...
00:15:31 That didn't go very well.
00:15:35 But, you see, when I fIipped it,
00:15:36 -I didn't have the courage I needed...
00:15:40 ...the way I shouId've.
00:15:43 But you can aIways put it together.
00:15:46 And you're aIone in the kitchen.
00:15:52 Pearls. The woman is wearing pearls
00:15:54 ...you've just got to practice, Like the piano.
00:15:58 I'm Julia child.
00:16:01 Bon appétit.
00:16:02 -Bon appétit.
00:16:06 Bon appétit.
00:16:08 Julia child is coauthor of the book
00:16:21 Bon appétit.
00:16:26 "For the servantless American cook."
00:16:33 Okay, here's a problem.
00:16:36 And I have a hyperacidic stomach.
00:16:40 So I'll cook my way through
00:16:44 and write a blog about it.
00:16:46 -But I'll probably need a deadline.
00:16:49 Because otherwise it'll be like
00:16:52 'Cause let's face it, I never finish anything.
00:16:54 -Hey.
00:16:56 You know why I think it is?
00:16:59 -ADD.
00:17:01 Yes. That's why I'm so bad at housework.
00:17:05 Oh, is that it?
00:17:07 I'm just saying, a deadline would be good.
00:17:09 So a deadline. "l love deadlines.
00:17:10 "l love the sound they make
00:17:14 -Hitchhiker's Guide to the GaIaxy.
00:17:16 -Okay, so a year, or so.
00:17:21 This thing weighs like two pounds.
00:17:23 I have a full-time job. Sometimes
00:17:29 It's crazy. It's crazy.
00:17:32 -Is it crazy?
00:17:36 -Okay, you want to do Blog Z?
00:17:39 Blog Z it is.
00:17:42 Nobody here
00:17:45 but us servantless American cooks.
00:17:48 "Servantless American cooks."
00:17:53 -What do you think?
00:17:56 "Start blogging."
00:17:59 "The JuIie/Julia Project."
00:18:02 The Book,
00:18:05 First edition, 1961 by Simone Beck,
00:18:10 and, of course, Julia child, the woman
00:18:16 It's 40 years Iater and no one can touch her.
00:18:20 The Challenge, 365 days, 524 recipes.
00:18:26 The Contender, JuIie Powell.
00:18:28 Government empIoyee by day,
00:18:31 Risking her marriage, her job,
00:18:35 she has signed on for
00:18:38 How far it will go, no one can say.
00:19:06 Dear CharIie, we're settIed in finally,
00:19:11 She wants to stay forever.
00:19:13 You know how famously grouchy
00:19:17 Everyone here is so delightful.
00:19:21 But Julia brings out the best in a poIecat.
00:19:23 So charming.
00:19:25 So she thinks they're the most
00:19:30 I feel that I am French.
00:19:34 I just must be.
00:19:38 Well, you might be.
00:19:44 As for staying here forever,
00:19:50 And I'm so glad that you came,
00:19:51 -I can't tell you.
00:19:53 -Thanks for coming.
00:19:55 -Paul, congratulations. Excellent exhibit.
00:19:59 Jack Donovan, this is my wife, Julia.
00:20:02 -lt was such a wonderful exhibition, Paul.
00:20:08 -I am so proud of you.
00:20:12 French people eat French food !
00:20:16 -Every single day! I can't get over it.
00:20:23 You know I love you so much,
00:20:28 -That's so good.
00:20:36 What should I do, do you think?
00:20:40 About what?
00:20:43 I don't really want to go back into
00:20:46 You know, but l. . .
00:20:51 These wives don't do anything here.
00:20:56 -That's not me. It's just not me.
00:20:59 l saw a notice on the bulletin board
00:21:03 for hat-making lessons.
00:21:09 You like hats.
00:21:12 I do, I do.
00:21:16 I do.
00:21:19 What is it that you really like to do?
00:21:23 Eat.
00:21:27 -It's what I like to do.
00:21:32 -And you are so good at it. Look at you !
00:21:34 -Now. How good you are.
00:21:50 l was thinking of taking bridge lessons.
00:21:55 -You like bridge.
00:21:59 Four points for an ace,
00:22:03 two points for a queen, one point for a jack.
00:22:06 And breast your cards.
00:22:10 Do you have any French cookbooks
00:22:14 -I'm afraid not.
00:22:34 The salesperson. She. . .
00:22:39 Had no idea. . . Because, you see,
00:22:44 And all I have is this Joy of Cooking
00:22:48 which is an excellent, excellent cookbook,
00:22:51 So I did ask my friend Avis De Voto
00:22:54 to look around in the United States
00:23:02 Right. Right.
00:23:06 Gosh, I thought I was
00:23:19 Oh, my goodness!
00:23:22 What do we have here?
00:23:25 -It's a copy of. . .
00:23:30 Oh, look.
00:23:32 Oh, it's fantastic! But it's in French !
00:23:37 -You'll get there. You'll get there.
00:23:39 I know. I'm learning. I'm trying. I'm really. . .
00:23:43 Happy birthday to me.
00:23:45 Happy birthday.
00:23:50 -What can this mean?
00:23:58 -"Wash the thighs."
00:24:02 -Look, but then. . .
00:24:06 "ln butter." I know that. But what is the. . .
00:24:09 "Bathe the thighs in butter
00:24:13 What's that word?
00:24:14 -The hen !
00:24:16 "Until she just can't take it anymore."
00:24:25 -lt doesn't say that.
00:24:26 I'll show you later in the dictionary.
00:24:32 -Why don't I go to cooking school?
00:24:36 -I'm serious.
00:24:40 Oh, my God.
00:24:47 What if you hadn't fallen in love with me?
00:24:51 But I did.
00:24:58 Oh, gosh.
00:25:08 Yesterday was Tuesday, August 1 3th, 2002.
00:25:12 Day one. 364 days to go.
00:25:17 I cooked artichokes with hollandaise sauce
00:25:19 which is meIted butter that's been whipped
00:25:23 untiI it's died and gone to heaven.
00:25:26 And let me say this.
00:25:30 Think it over.
00:25:31 that's deIicious beyond imagining,
00:25:36 The answer is aIways going to be "butter."
00:25:39 It's incredible.
00:25:40 It's been whisked into submission,
00:25:42 The day there's a meteorite heading toward
00:25:46 I am going to spend it eating butter.
00:25:49 Here's my finaI word on the subject.
00:25:53 You can never have too much butter.
00:25:58 August 24th, day 1 1 .
00:26:00 Is this what you mean when you say, "Don't
00:26:03 353 days to go. A horribIe day at work.
00:26:07 An oId grandma who Iooked as if
00:26:09 called me a penciI-pushing capitaIist dupe.
00:26:12 But then I came home and cooked chicken
00:26:15 and it was totaI bIiss.
00:26:18 Here's the big news.
00:26:19 I had been cooking mushrooms
00:26:22 Don't crowd the mushrooms,
00:26:26 Are you Iistening, whoever you are?
00:26:30 You're gonna love that one.
00:26:31 Day 22.
00:26:32 This one's really good with fig jam.
00:26:34 I got carried away in Dean & DeLuca Iast
00:26:38 And the first thing I reaIized
00:26:40 with my groceries, a bag of cat Iitter,
00:26:43 a bottIe of oIive oiI I absoIuteIy couId not
00:26:48 was that the branches were
00:26:52 Sorry.
00:26:53 They were sIapping foIks in the face
00:26:56 Not surprising, since I've been way too busy
00:27:01 And then I came home and got
00:27:06 Remind me again why you're doing this...
00:27:09 -Blog.
00:27:13 It's a regimen, Mom. Like doing sit-ups.
00:27:16 -Well, it's just adding pressure.
00:27:19 You have a full-time job,
00:27:22 and now you're gonna get sick
00:27:25 -It's sort of like being in AA.
00:27:30 lt gives you something you have to do
00:27:33 How do you know this Iingo?
00:27:35 Honey, are you an aIcohoIic?
00:27:37 I'm saying it's good for me to have
00:27:40 Well, that is silly. That is just pIain silly.
00:27:44 Who's reading this bIog?
00:27:46 People. People are reading it, I'm sure.
00:27:48 Well, it's something you decided to do,
00:27:50 and you can decide not to,
00:27:53 No. Don't you get it? I just started.
00:27:56 I can't stop, I have to finish. It's all I've got.
00:28:00 Hello? Hello?
00:28:04 Stupid dead phone.
00:28:05 Hey, it's not all you got.
00:28:08 I know. I know. I didn't mean that.
00:28:13 Yesterday, I poached an egg.
00:28:15 It seemed Like the perfect thing to do
00:28:17 on perhaps the second worst workday
00:28:21 Explain to me how you've never eaten
00:28:23 I've had eggs in, like, cakes.
00:28:26 Never had an "egg" egg.
00:28:29 It's simmering.
00:28:30 I had this notion, God knows why,
00:28:36 But I was deepIy wrong.
00:28:37 "lmmediately and gently push the white over
00:28:40 "for two to three seconds." lmmediately.
00:28:49 Disgusting.
00:28:50 Oh, maybe the eggs aren't fresh.
00:28:53 They are fresh.
00:28:55 Okay. You don't have to bite my head off.
00:28:59 It took three of us, crammed into the
00:29:03 but, eventually, we naiIed it.
00:29:05 -Hello.
00:29:07 How cute is that?
00:29:09 And I ate my very first egg
00:29:16 l thought eggs were going to be greasy
00:29:22 cheese sauce. Yum.
00:29:25 Julia Child, you are so good.
00:29:27 -Cheers.
00:29:29 And, may I say, excellent wine?
00:29:31 -Do you think Julia knows about you?
00:29:35 I have this fantasy that she comes for dinner
00:29:39 We become very close.
00:29:42 The truth is, no one knows about me.
00:29:45 l feel like I'm just sending things
00:29:49 Which reminds me. Annabelle's blog.
00:29:53 Yes.
00:29:55 -It's sort of funny.
00:29:58 She's dating this rich guy who owns a plane.
00:30:02 And they do it in the air.
00:30:09 What do you think it means
00:30:12 -It's completely normal.
00:30:14 We're not talking about men.
00:30:19 So it's five weeks down, 47 to go,
00:30:24 Sometimes, I can't heIp but wonder.
00:30:28 But I'm sure you are,
00:30:33 Anybody?
00:30:36 Ernestine, I have a comment.
00:30:45 My mother. Doesn't count.
00:30:52 Today we will begin by learning to boil eggs.
00:30:57 First, you must make sure
00:31:03 l was so hoping that. . .
00:31:06 Well, for something a little more advanced,
00:31:11 But you are not an advanced cook.
00:31:14 But I do know how to boil an egg.
00:31:18 Do you know how to bone a duck?
00:31:21 No, but that's exactly the sort of thing
00:31:24 that I'm very interested
00:31:32 There is one other class,
00:31:35 It's for professionneI,
00:31:40 All men. All Gls.
00:31:44 And very expensive.
00:31:46 I cannot imagine
00:31:50 How much?
00:31:53 So the onion is ready, but. . .
00:32:19 You must hold the knife,
00:32:21 Wrist, easy. Leave the thumb here.
00:32:25 The hand and the knife are one.
00:32:27 And the hand, the other hand,
00:32:31 Here, you must cut only the onion. Yes?
00:32:33 -Not me.
00:32:36 And then, you put your thumb here
00:32:51 Jule?
00:32:53 You're being a little over-competitive,
00:32:55 Well, you should've seen the way
00:32:59 As if I were some frivolous housewife,
00:33:06 Well. . .
00:33:11 -Where are you going?
00:33:13 -You hungry?
00:33:17 Good.
00:33:23 Ta-da!
00:33:47 WelI done, Madame Child.
00:33:52 Dear Avis,
00:33:58 and I'm in utter bIiss.
00:34:00 Every morning the aIarm goes off at 6:30,
00:34:05 I'm up!
00:34:06 By 7:30 I'm in cIass, in my apron,
00:34:12 Then we cook stock and we bone fish.
00:34:16 We dress pigeons.
00:34:21 it aImost stops your heart just to Iook at it.
00:34:25 My teacher moves so quickIy
00:34:29 But I'm way ahead of the others in the cIass,
00:34:33 and all of them very unfriendIy,
00:34:39 Something I reaIized
00:34:43 Morning cIass ends at 1 2:30,
00:34:53 Then PauI takes a nap.
00:34:58 And Iater in the affernoon, he goes back
00:35:05 You must have a mortar and pestle.
00:35:09 Incidentally, my father is horrified
00:35:14 Offered to give me extra money
00:35:18 Go on. Fun ! Joy! This is what matters.
00:35:23 I'm probabIy the onIy American I know
00:35:26 who thinks shopping for food
00:35:31 Course, you'd think so too,
00:35:33 where absoIuteIy nothing comes in my size.
00:35:38 By the way, did you know
00:35:42 it won't brown properIy?
00:35:45 Irma Rombauer doesn't say a word about it
00:35:52 Avis, I am in heaven here.
00:35:55 I've been Iooking for a career all my Iife...
00:35:59 -Happy Valentine's Day.
00:36:04 We met in Ceylon when we were in the OSS.
00:36:06 But he never noticed me at first.
00:36:09 Well, that's not true. I noticed you.
00:36:12 Oh, you were such a roué.
00:36:14 -All the women were mad for him.
00:36:19 Anyway, we were sent off to China.
00:36:21 Absolutely delicious, if I do say so myself.
00:36:26 Julia.
00:36:27 When you finish your term,
00:36:29 No, I don't think so.
00:36:31 The woman who runs it absolutely hates me!
00:36:35 Come on.
00:36:39 That's true. But she does.
00:36:40 Were you spies?
00:36:44 No. Yes. No.
00:36:48 Oh, so cagey, right?
00:36:51 You were in the Office of Strategic Services
00:36:56 l was only a file clerk.
00:36:59 But Paul? Paul designed all of the secret
00:37:04 Well, just maps and exhibits and things.
00:37:07 He did !
00:37:10 Well, I had to. Someone did.
00:37:14 Anyway, so there we were in China,
00:37:23 and it turned out to be Julia.
00:37:27 lt turned out to be Julia all along.
00:37:34 Julia, you are the butter to my bread,
00:37:38 l love you, darling girl.
00:37:41 Happy Valentine's Day.
00:37:49 Dear CharIie,
00:37:51 Julia in front of her stove
00:37:55 as watching a kettIe drummer
00:37:58 The oven door opens and shuts so fast,
00:38:01 you hardIy notice the deff thrust of a spoon
00:38:06 and up to her mouth for a taste check
00:38:08 Like a perfectIy-timed doubIe beat
00:38:12 Then with her bare fingers,
00:38:14 she snatches a set of cannelloni
00:38:18 and she cries,
00:38:20 "These damn things
00:38:24 -She said what?
00:38:26 -Julia Child said, "Hot as a. . ."
00:38:30 It's from a letter that Paul Child
00:38:35 when Julia was just starting classes
00:38:37 So Julia and Paul, beaucoup, beaucoup.
00:38:41 -I know. Just goes to show you.
00:38:44 You can never tell about
00:38:47 They were so in love.
00:38:53 Hot sauce from a reader.
00:38:55 And today I had 1 2 comments from readers,
00:39:01 Thanks to all my faithfuI readers
00:39:04 I have now completed 65 recipes in 47 days.
00:39:14 On track with 1 03 recipes
00:39:18 Looks like a cupcake.
00:39:19 Lobster thermidor is coming up,
00:39:21 and I am going to have to murder
00:39:26 How will I ever do this?
00:39:29 Last night our sIeep machine,
00:39:31 to drown out the noise of freight trucks
00:39:35 was speaking to me. And it was saying,
00:39:37 "Lobster killer.
00:39:40 "Lobster killer, lobster killer, lobster killer."
00:39:45 One of my readers said
00:39:48 it sort of numbs them.
00:39:56 Then I got another comment that said,
00:39:59 "Just take a knife and do it."
00:40:07 It's alive!
00:40:09 Eric.
00:40:15 Oh, God.
00:40:18 "A note on dealing with live lobsters.
00:40:21 "If you object to steaming
00:40:25 "plunge the point of the knife
00:40:30 Oh, Julia, you make it sound so simple.
00:40:33 Lobster killer.
00:40:35 Eric.
00:40:39 Get out of here.
00:40:41 I don't need you at all.
00:40:44 I'm just gonna throw them into the water
00:40:48 and put the lid on and that will be that.
00:40:52 Fine.
00:40:58 Hello.
00:41:00 Goodbye.
00:41:04 I'm sorry.
00:41:28 You okay?
00:41:31 Okay.
00:41:35 Okay. All right.
00:41:38 All right, boys.
00:41:40 There's a new sheriff in town.
00:41:45 Lobster killer.
00:41:56 Under control.
00:41:58 You are a saint.
00:42:01 Thank you.
00:42:04 -Thank you.
00:42:10 -I can't. I can't.
00:42:11 -No, I can't. I have a lot to do.
00:42:13 -Eric, I can't.
00:42:15 -Eric.
00:42:16 -Just one more.
00:42:20 Out!
00:42:25 -Hey, thank you so much.
00:42:27 Happy birthday.
00:42:28 Yeah, terrific. Good to see you.
00:42:29 -Cake.
00:42:32 -Love you so much.
00:42:33 Hi, hi, hi, hi.
00:42:35 Bon appétit.
00:42:40 Happy birthday, Julie.
00:42:41 -Happy birthday.
00:42:43 Oh, thanks for coming all out here. Hey, you.
00:42:48 Here's an incredible thing.
00:42:51 -Really?
00:42:52 She was, like, practically 40 .
00:42:55 -You serious?
00:42:57 There were all these letters that Julia
00:43:00 And Paul wrote to his brother, and no
00:43:04 When they got married,
00:43:07 lsn't that amazing?
00:43:08 Really?
00:43:11 -Braised cucumbers are a revelation.
00:43:14 I'm obsessed with her. I'm totally obsessed.
00:43:17 She's totally obsessed.
00:43:18 Well, it's good that you are,
00:43:20 Seriously. So good.
00:43:22 Well, savor it, because that's all there is.
00:43:26 Why don't you put a PayPal thing
00:43:29 People could send in money
00:43:31 Oh, yeah. Absolutely.
00:43:33 You have fans, your readers love you.
00:43:35 I do? I have fans?
00:43:38 Yeah, you do.
00:43:41 -Well, I can't ask them for money.
00:43:44 l think you should do the PayPal thing.
00:43:49 -Harder. Get them. Get them. Hey, hey, hey!
00:43:57 Happy birthday, sweetheart.
00:44:01 Thank you.
00:44:16 Just like Julia's.
00:44:21 Only hers were probably the real deal.
00:44:24 They're beautiful.
00:44:26 Help you put it on.
00:44:31 Let's give this a shot here.
00:44:38 How's that?
00:44:41 Yeah.
00:44:43 I'm 30.
00:44:46 l thought it was gonna be terrible,
00:44:49 but thanks to you, and thanks to Julia,
00:44:53 it feels like I'm gonna get through.
00:44:58 Cake.
00:45:00 More cake. How do you like that cake?
00:45:09 Hey, you.
00:45:13 I'm going to bed.
00:45:22 Ernie, 53 comments on my lobster blog.
00:45:25 Shut up.
00:45:29 -Julie Powell.
00:45:31 if I got a probIem?
00:45:32 Yes, sir. What is your problem?
00:45:33 Too much food, not enough sex.
00:45:37 Eric, that's not funny.
00:45:39 I thought it was pretty funny.
00:45:41 Okay, it was.
00:45:43 -Hey, guess what?
00:45:44 You are the third most
00:45:49 -I am?
00:45:51 l am !
00:45:53 So I figure for every one who writes in,
00:45:56 there are, I don't know, hundreds that don't.
00:46:00 It's like there's this whole group of people
00:46:06 They need me in some way.
00:46:09 Like, if I didn't write,
00:46:13 They'd probably take, like, poison,
00:46:47 Julia.
00:46:50 Are you still making hats?
00:46:51 Oh, no, I abandoned it.
00:46:54 But I am ready to graduate
00:46:59 I can't get the damn woman
00:47:03 Madame Brassart?
00:47:07 She is a bitch.
00:47:10 She is, you're right.
00:47:12 l think she's almost the only person
00:47:19 She is not the only person I can't stand.
00:47:23 Do you two know each other?
00:47:25 You should. Julia Child, Simone Beck.
00:47:28 -Simca.
00:47:31 And this is my friend Louisette Bertholle.
00:47:36 I can't believe you haven't met.
00:47:39 Simca and Louisette are writing a cookbook.
00:47:42 -For Americans.
00:47:46 Why do you need to take a stupid test?
00:47:49 So I can get a diploma. So I can teach.
00:47:53 You don't need a diploma to teach.
00:47:56 You're probably right.
00:47:57 -Avis says the same thing.
00:48:00 My friend, Avis De Voto,
00:48:05 She's very wise.
00:48:07 But I can't help it. I want a diploma.
00:48:12 l am very conventional.
00:48:18 I don't know what to do.
00:48:21 Well, why don't you write
00:48:26 and threaten her?
00:48:28 Threaten her? With what?
00:48:29 The United States of America.
00:48:32 Yes!
00:48:33 Tell her the American ambassador
00:48:36 to take the examination.
00:48:38 No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:48:40 l couldn't do that. Heavens, no!
00:48:43 The American ambassador.
00:48:47 Of course you can.
00:48:49 Dear Madame Brassart,
00:48:51 everyone at the American embassy,
00:48:54 incIuding my dear friend the ambassador,
00:48:57 will be very surprised if I'm not allowed
00:49:03 You will write the recipes
00:49:06 for oeufs mollets.
00:49:09 et crême renversée au carameI.
00:49:13 Cotelettes de veau en surprise.
00:49:19 l had no idea
00:49:24 Cooked it in class.
00:49:30 A paper bag. That's the surprise.
00:49:33 You open the bag, surprise!
00:49:36 Veal and mushrooms, it's just
00:49:42 -I am an A student.
00:49:51 -I can?
00:49:53 Meanwhile, you can come teach with us.
00:49:59 Gosh !
00:50:01 Is it true you plan to teach?
00:50:04 Yes, we're going to teach
00:50:09 Madame Child, I must tell you,
00:50:15 But the Americans
00:50:31 We are, I am sorry to say, entering aspics.
00:50:35 An aspic is sort of a beef-fIavored
00:50:39 Doesn't that sound deIicious?
00:50:42 I can't imagine
00:50:44 You begin with a caIf's foot,
00:50:46 which I am in possession of
00:50:49 and you boiI it untiI
00:50:54 And then it geIs in the refrigerator
00:50:58 Which, according to Julia child,
00:51:01 And all I can say about that,
00:51:06 the bitch Iied.
00:51:09 Shit.
00:51:14 -Shit!
00:51:17 Seven.
00:51:19 No one wilI know if you don't do them.
00:51:21 It's not like there's, like,
00:51:24 You could lie.
00:51:26 I can't. I just can't.
00:51:28 Julia wilI know. It's like she's watching me.
00:51:32 I'm becoming a much better person
00:51:36 Yuck! The sink! Look at this!
00:51:42 l hate it here!
00:51:45 You hate it here?
00:51:46 How am I supposed to cook anything
00:51:49 It's no wonder that my mold fell apart.
00:51:54 Not unless you bought it.
00:51:56 I do all of this
00:51:59 Right now, you are so
00:52:06 What if I don't make my deadline, Eric?
00:52:11 l used to be thin and now I'm getting fat.
00:52:15 -Fat?
00:52:16 I have to bone a whole duck.
00:52:17 -When?
00:52:20 -Can you even conceive of boning a duck?
00:52:23 Of course you can't.
00:52:28 I'm sure you all remember,
00:52:31 that I had a meItdown over my aspic
00:52:34 and vowed to transform myseIf
00:52:39 And then I was trussing
00:52:42 which is roast chicken stuffed with
00:52:46 and it fell on the fIoor and the stuffing
00:52:52 So, Iong story short, another meItdown.
00:52:55 This is crazy.
00:52:57 Worse than the Iast.
00:53:01 I can't even truss.
00:53:03 And I cried Like a small,
00:53:08 I'm a mess.
00:53:16 l got it. I got it.
00:53:19 Hello?
00:53:22 Yeah, who's this?
00:53:26 Can you hold on just one second?
00:53:28 I'm not sure if she's here.
00:53:38 Hey, it's a reporter from
00:53:42 He wants to write about you.
00:53:46 He does?
00:53:48 l should tell him to call back, right?
00:53:51 No, no, I'll take it.
00:53:58 Hello?
00:54:01 Yes?
00:54:03 You want to bring who to dinner?
00:54:07 No, of course, I know who that is.
00:54:11 Who? Who, who, who, who?
00:54:14 That would be great,
00:54:17 Goodbye.
00:54:19 -Who?
00:54:23 Oh, my God.
00:54:26 To Les Trois Gourmandes.
00:54:29 One for all and all for one.
00:54:32 Yes!
00:54:34 All right. I had such a horrible time
00:54:37 converting these recipes
00:54:41 -Measurements do not matter.
00:54:46 They absolutely do.
00:54:49 This is one of the biggest arguments
00:54:50 Louisette and I had
00:54:53 Which is finally finished.
00:54:55 Sent off to the publisher.
00:54:59 We'll be the next Mrs. Joy of Cooking.
00:55:03 Maybe. All right. Well, let's try.
00:55:08 Can I help?
00:55:15 Yeah. lt is mieux.
00:55:20 So, yes. They're early. Americans!
00:55:25 Dear Dorothy,
00:55:30 We have three students who pay $2 a cIass.
00:55:35 BareIy enough to cover the cost of the food,
00:55:38 Simca, Louisette, and I
00:55:43 AIthough sometimes we are onIy
00:55:47 because Louisette
00:55:51 and doctor's appointments
00:55:55 I have a little headache.
00:55:59 You'll meet them both
00:56:02 unIess, of course,
00:56:06 Perfection.
00:56:12 No excuses! No explanations.
00:56:16 Louisette abandoned us,
00:56:19 And the day before that,
00:56:20 she left class before we even finished
00:56:25 I can't believe that's the only time
00:56:30 Keep an eye out,
00:56:33 It's impossible to miss your sister.
00:56:39 I don't see her!
00:56:43 -There she is.
00:56:51 Hi, Julia! I missed you !
00:56:54 So good to see. . .
00:56:56 -Paul !
00:56:58 I've had an adventure on the ocean liner!
00:57:01 -I didn't get sick once!
00:57:05 People were dropping like flies
00:57:10 -Look.
00:57:13 Look at that.
00:57:17 All I think about all day is food
00:57:24 lt is true, she's obsessed.
00:57:26 If I didn't sit in the kitchen, I'd never see her.
00:57:29 Last week, I dreamed that
00:57:34 and he hated it, of course.
00:57:37 He doesn't understand any of this.
00:57:39 l almost feel sorry for him.
00:57:41 He wanted so much
00:57:44 marry Republicans, and breed like rabbits.
00:57:48 -Why didn't we?
00:57:50 Let's face it, it's true.
00:57:52 From the beginning,
00:57:55 -So then you don't.
00:57:58 Do not bait Father about politics
00:58:01 -No.
00:58:03 -He won't, will he?
00:58:07 -He loves Senator McCarthy.
00:58:10 -Pasadena.
00:58:11 Jinx.
00:58:20 Dort, do you have. . . You have the Brie.
00:58:22 -Is this the Brie?
00:58:24 Is that not the most wonderful cheese
00:58:27 -Yes!
00:58:29 The answer's yes.
00:58:34 l got the chef at Chez la Mère Michel
00:58:40 Beurre bIanc. What's beurre bIanc?
00:58:42 -Butter in a white wine vinegar reduction.
00:58:47 You whisk them together,
00:58:49 and the acid in the vinegar
00:58:54 so that the butter, instead of melting,
00:58:57 creamy, light, frothy,
00:59:00 with kind of a fantastic subtle kind of. . .
00:59:05 Tangy.
00:59:07 lt has a tanginess.
00:59:09 Tanginess?
00:59:11 Yes.
00:59:13 Well, that's. . .
00:59:16 That's who I married.
00:59:19 Anyway,
00:59:21 you serve it on fish and it's splendid.
00:59:26 -That'll be divine.
00:59:27 And, Dort, we're going to throw you a party.
00:59:31 -Really?
00:59:34 By the way, there's a man
00:59:37 I think you'll really. . .
00:59:39 He's. . .
00:59:41 Tall. He's very tall.
00:59:43 -Pardon?
00:59:45 -Extremely tall.
00:59:49 -But he's even taller, so that's good.
00:59:51 Well, that's good.
01:00:04 All right.
01:00:06 Pretty good.
01:00:12 But not great.
01:00:28 Hello, ladies. Anybody want anything?
01:00:31 Yes.
01:00:32 Help yourself. The tapenade is marvelous.
01:00:35 Julia, there you are.
01:00:39 John !
01:00:41 There you are.
01:00:42 Now, where is this sister of yours?
01:00:44 She's right over there. Hi, John.
01:00:47 -Hi, Paul.
01:00:50 So we've told her a lot about you.
01:00:52 Well, I don't want to
01:00:54 With lvan Cousins? They just met.
01:00:58 I can't imagine Dorothy running off
01:01:40 Dearly beloved. . .
01:01:56 John, this is lovely.
01:01:58 I've never been to a wedding like this before.
01:02:01 Here, Julia.
01:02:04 -What a beautiful wedding.
01:02:07 l am not enthusiastic about this marriage.
01:02:11 Well, you weren't very enthusiastic
01:02:14 True.
01:02:17 How are things at the embassy, Paul?
01:02:20 Fine. Thank you, Phila. Thank you.
01:02:24 Well, not fine, really, because
01:02:29 lt seems that Senator McCarthy
01:02:32 Senator McCarthy is a man
01:02:35 l admire a man who knows his mind.
01:02:39 Well, we know lots of people in Washington
01:02:43 after years in government service,
01:02:47 And Paul had to make a list of
01:02:52 Surely you're not suggesting that
01:02:56 -And. . .
01:02:58 Come on, dance with me.
01:03:00 Excuse us.
01:03:03 You said you didn't want to talk about it,
01:03:06 I know, I never learn.
01:03:49 Where's my big sprig?
01:03:54 Up here, whipping away.
01:03:57 And for dinner, mayonnaise?
01:04:04 -That's good.
01:04:07 -Very. From your sister.
01:04:11 I'm very excited about it.
01:04:14 -I think it's a breakthrough.
01:04:31 Dorothy is pregnant.
01:04:38 Paul.
01:04:42 lsn't that wonderful?
01:04:47 Yes.
01:04:54 Okay.
01:04:58 -I'm so happy.
01:05:03 I know.
01:05:06 If you warm the bowl slightly
01:05:11 it changes everything.
01:05:14 Foolproof mayonnaise. Absolutely foolproof.
01:05:23 l typed it up.
01:05:30 -You disagree?
01:05:34 I'm sure you're exactly right.
01:05:36 Scientific workability. That's my motto.
01:05:43 Julia.
01:05:46 We have a little problem.
01:05:48 -Our editor. . .
01:05:51 . . .thinks our book is not in English.
01:05:54 But your book is in English.
01:05:57 They are giving it a rejection.
01:05:59 But they suggest that
01:06:04 we should get a collaborator
01:06:07 and make it work for American cooks.
01:06:13 Would you do it, Julia?
01:06:17 Would I do it?
01:06:24 Yes.
01:06:29 We are now going to pIay a round of
01:06:34 This Wednesday, I am going to be
01:06:38 CIue number one.
01:06:41 The degree of separation
01:06:44 is about to shrink
01:06:48 A thousand.
01:06:49 In answer to your questions, no, it is not
01:06:53 or Nigella Lawson, or Ina Garten.
01:06:56 But here's cIue number two,
01:06:58 i will be making boeuf bourguignon,
01:07:01 which was the first dish
01:07:04 upon reading Mastering the Art
01:07:08 Boeuf bourguignon.
01:07:11 Well, since no one guessed my mystery
01:07:16 It's Judith Jones,
01:07:19 for getting JuIia's cookbook pubIished
01:07:22 the woman who recognized history
01:07:26 She's oIder and probabIy not used to
01:07:29 which is why I'm being diIigent about this
01:07:34 And as I cook it,
01:07:36 I aImost feeI as if Julia and I
01:07:40 on a deep, spirituaI, mysticaI IeveI.
01:07:42 AIthough, mostIy, I'm just taIking to myseIf.
01:07:47 -How long does it take to cook?
01:07:56 WeIcome.
01:07:58 I'm Julia child.
01:08:01 And today we're going to make
01:08:06 And we're going to start with haIf-boned
01:08:11 Now, first, remove the Iiver and fry it up
01:08:17 or perhaps a deIicious Iiverwurst
01:08:21 a Ritz cracker, a saItine.
01:08:24 Saltine.
01:08:26 Or if you have a pet, a cat or a dog,
01:08:29 Save the Iiver.
01:08:31 -Save the liver.
01:08:33 Now, you pIace the chicken on its stomach
01:08:34 and cut aIong the backbone
01:08:39 Crack!
01:08:41 Now I've done it,
01:08:44 Well, I'm gIad, in a way, this happened.
01:08:46 You know, accidents do occur
01:08:50 We've never really discussed what to do.
01:08:53 First, you must stop the bIeeding.
01:08:58 The best way is with direct pressure
01:09:03 You want to raise your hand over your head.
01:09:05 I recommend naturaI coaguIants,
01:09:10 Another reason not to throw away the Iiver.
01:09:15 Oh, God, it's throbbing!
01:09:18 Why are you all spinning?
01:09:20 Well, I think I'm going to go to sIeep now.
01:10:09 No, no, no!
01:10:23 Well, it's just a big, dry collection
01:10:28 It doesn't work at all.
01:10:31 I'm just gonna have to throw
01:10:37 This has got to be a cookbook
01:10:39 that makes French cooking accessible
01:10:45 Who are servantless.
01:10:49 Is that a word?
01:10:51 Servantless.
01:10:55 I think it is a word.
01:10:58 Julia?
01:11:02 -What if we had to leave Paris?
01:11:08 Because my assignment was for four years.
01:11:11 So then we still have time.
01:11:14 Eight months.
01:11:18 And this cookbook is not something
01:11:23 No. But two years seems possible.
01:11:30 Julia.
01:11:34 What if they transfer me someplace else?
01:11:37 Would they do that?
01:11:39 Yes.
01:11:41 They don't really care about me.
01:11:45 Paul. Of course they do.
01:11:51 They don't, really.
01:11:54 Well, if we can't stay in Paris,
01:11:56 then I'll just mail the pages
01:11:59 and they can mail them back to me.
01:12:01 That's why they invented the mail system
01:12:06 or I can just jump on the train to Paris
01:12:09 whenever the three of us
01:12:14 Or the two of us, actually, because as
01:12:20 But we would still be somewhere in Europe.
01:12:23 Don't you think?
01:12:25 It's very hard to say,
01:12:33 Senator McCarthy
01:12:37 Us? Why? What have we done?
01:12:41 We haven't done anything.
01:12:44 The point is, we were in China.
01:12:49 Well, meanwhile, we're still here.
01:12:52 -Yes, we are. You're right.
01:12:55 Here's to the book.
01:12:58 French Cooking for All!
01:13:02 Or French Home Cooking.
01:13:08 I like them both.
01:13:10 Dear Avis, encIosed is part of our cookbook
01:13:17 Naturally, it must not be shown to anyone
01:13:20 unIess you are sure they are not,
01:13:24 and won't have anything to do
01:13:28 There are peopIe
01:13:31 than to steaI this hollandaise recipe.
01:13:37 We're late! Do you suppose she'll be there?
01:13:40 Louisette? Of course she'll be there.
01:13:44 l was making a little joke.
01:13:48 -What's this about, anyway?
01:13:51 She said it was a surprise.
01:13:54 Maybe she's dropping out of the project.
01:13:58 -Julia.
01:14:05 My friends, this is lrma Rombauer.
01:14:11 Mrs. Joy?
01:14:14 The first edition of the Joy of Cooking
01:14:18 Only a year? lncluding testing the recipes?
01:14:23 Well, I didn't really test all the recipes.
01:14:28 And then I found a publisher,
01:14:33 How much money did he pay you?
01:14:35 l paid him. $3,000 .
01:14:38 -$3,000?
01:14:42 But I had a little life insurance money
01:14:48 -No!
01:14:50 Yes.
01:14:51 And I thought, "Well, what else am l
01:14:55 And then, the book began to sell
01:14:57 and Bobbs-Merrill picked it up,
01:15:01 And they gave you some money?
01:15:03 Absolutely not.
01:15:04 They swindled me. They stole my copyright,
01:15:08 and now there's a new edition,
01:15:11 -What?
01:15:15 If you're looking for City Chicken,
01:15:20 Really?
01:15:22 It's under "Drumsticks, Mock."
01:15:25 No.
01:15:28 All she wanted to talk about
01:15:31 was how her publisher had cheated her
01:15:35 out of thousands of dollars in royalties.
01:15:38 lt just made me realize this. . .
01:15:41 Not going to be simple,
01:15:45 This is from Avis, for you.
01:15:54 Oh, my. Well.
01:16:00 What does she say now?
01:16:03 Avis loves my sauce chapter.
01:16:06 That's wonderful, darling.
01:16:09 Oh, no.
01:16:11 She showed it to someone.
01:16:17 She showed it to an editor
01:16:22 and the Boston editor showed it
01:16:27 Paul ! Paul !
01:16:29 Yes? What, what, what? What, what?
01:16:32 They want to. . .
01:16:35 They want to publish our book.
01:16:37 That's great news!
01:16:39 And they want to give us an advance.
01:16:42 How much?
01:16:43 -$250!
01:16:47 And when the book is finished, $500 more!
01:16:51 I'm so proud of you.
01:16:53 The editor loves the book!
01:16:57 She just loves it.
01:17:04 "So with the smell of burned stew
01:17:08 "l woke up dying of stomach cramps.
01:17:11 "l called in sick."
01:17:13 And went back to bed for several hours.
01:17:16 Put it in. Put it in the blog in case
01:17:19 And went back to bed for several hours.
01:17:24 By noon, I was somehow abIe to
01:17:29 What are you making?
01:17:30 Bought the ingredients for
01:17:33 Boeuf bourguignon.
01:17:34 Dragged myseIf home.
01:17:37 And made another boeuf bourguignon.
01:17:40 And for dessert, a raspberry Bavarian cream.
01:17:45 By the end of the day, I feIt fine.
01:17:47 I was cooking dinner for a Iegend,
01:17:49 even though I'd never really heard of her
01:17:52 Maybe she'll offer you a book contract.
01:17:55 What if she does?
01:17:57 I mean, what would that mean?
01:18:03 How much money
01:18:06 Like an advance? I have no idea.
01:18:09 -$1 00 ,000?
01:18:21 Hello?
01:18:24 Hi.
01:18:27 I know. I know, I know.
01:18:34 I know.
01:18:41 Well, thanks.
01:18:43 Bye.
01:18:47 So not coming.
01:18:52 That was the guy
01:18:56 It's raining.
01:18:59 And we live in Long lsland City
01:19:03 It's mortitying.
01:19:05 But on the bright side, more stew for us.
01:19:09 Just for once, could you not
01:19:12 Yeah. Well, it's not the end of the world.
01:19:18 l thought, I really did think, I just did.
01:19:23 Me, Judith Jones, happily ever after.
01:19:25 And then we'd have a little money
01:19:27 and we wouldn't live over a pizzeria
01:19:31 How am I gonna explain this?
01:19:32 My readers are gonna be really upset.
01:19:37 -Your readers are gonna be really upset.
01:19:42 They'll live.
01:19:44 Somehow,
01:19:47 your readers will live.
01:19:53 -Is it bland?
01:19:57 Thank you for telling me that.
01:19:58 You almost let me feed Judith Jones
01:20:02 This is a nightmare.
01:20:04 They will survive.
01:20:05 And when this year's over,
01:20:08 your readers will somehow
01:20:13 -And I won't, is that what you're saying?
01:20:16 I mean, what's gonna happen when
01:20:19 That's just great.
01:20:21 l am finally totally engaged in something.
01:20:24 Okay, maybe I'm being a little narcissistic.
01:20:26 A little? On a scale of 1 0?
01:20:29 Okay, a 9 .3. But what do you think a blog is?
01:20:33 l thought it'd be fun. How stupid is that?
01:20:35 lt just turns out to be a lot of
01:20:37 but they don't feel like meltdowns.
01:20:38 They feel like I'm living with
01:20:41 who writes this stuff
01:20:44 And it's supposed to be a big adventure,
01:20:46 It's our life. It's our marriage.
01:20:48 And, here, in this room, it doesn't
01:20:52 -lt was your idea!
01:20:54 What the hell was I thinking?
01:20:57 l am not a saint.
01:20:59 -Yes, you are.
01:21:01 -Yes, you are!
01:21:03 And it makes me feel like an asshole
01:21:07 And do not write about this in your blog.
01:21:09 -About what?
01:21:13 I'm outta here.
01:21:34 -You all right, Julia?
01:21:37 I'm perfectly fine.
01:21:40 Dear Avis, we finished packing today,
01:21:44 and tomorrow we Ieave beLoved Paris
01:21:49 PauI has been appointed CuIturaI Affairs
01:21:53 I'm having a hard time pretending to be
01:21:59 I'm going to go buy some bread.
01:22:01 The advantage of Marseilles is that
01:22:07 So we'll be abIe to finish the book.
01:22:11 AIthough not on deadIine.
01:22:15 At Ieast we're still in France.
01:22:21 Dear Avis, I don't know
01:22:25 but here we are in Germany.
01:22:28 Actually in a suburb of Bonn
01:22:32 which sounds much more picturesque
01:22:36 By the way, there is no chance
01:22:40 We'll be at Ieast two more years.
01:22:45 MeanwhiIe, PauI has been
01:22:48 We have no idea why.
01:22:50 Well, they're going to promote you, finally.
01:22:54 Well, I don't know why they have to call me
01:22:59 They could just send a telex.
01:23:02 Well, they're going to reassign you, then.
01:23:04 They'll ask you whether
01:23:11 It's a possibility.
01:23:14 And if they are moving us back to Paris,
01:23:16 I can look for an apartment
01:23:21 Good idea, yes?
01:23:24 l promise I'll call you the minute they tell me
01:23:27 we're being transferred back to Paris,
01:23:29 All right.
01:23:32 -I know, darling. I know.
01:23:33 lt could happen, I know.
01:23:35 Stay right there. That's perfect.
01:23:36 -Say cheese, ducky.
01:23:38 -Good. Great.
01:23:41 It's very simple.
01:23:42 We're just going to tell her she should have
01:23:46 because it is clear she can't put in the 40
01:23:53 -Sixty is more like it. Eighty.
01:23:55 -You and I are vaches enragees.
01:24:01 But I can't bring myself
01:24:06 -You're going to have to do it.
01:24:10 l shall love her much more
01:24:15 lt isn't that you're not helping
01:24:20 But I am helping.
01:24:22 lt was my idea to add peas
01:24:26 We know, and that was a wonderful idea,
01:24:30 but the book has become a magnum opus.
01:24:33 But we are a team.
01:24:35 We are Les Trois Gourmandes. One for all.
01:24:39 Yes, it's absolutely true, Louisette.
01:24:43 And you have been very valuable
01:24:47 Thank you.
01:24:49 But. . .
01:24:55 l am getting a divorce.
01:24:58 -What?
01:25:03 I'm so sorry. Louisette.
01:25:10 But it isn't fair for Louisette to get
01:25:13 Simca, this is not the time to discuss this.
01:25:15 But she doesn't do the work.
01:25:19 You don't do the work,
01:25:24 Ten percent?
01:25:25 You're not doing the work.
01:25:28 Twenty-five.
01:25:30 -Fifteen.
01:25:31 Eighteen and not a penny more.
01:25:34 And where it says our names,
01:25:37 "By Julia Child and Simone Beck,
01:25:43 -"With"?
01:25:45 No, no, no, no, Simca.
01:25:47 Our names exactly the. . . Exactly. . .
01:25:57 But it was not even her idea
01:26:00 -No.
01:26:07 For me?
01:26:09 Dear Avis, we've been through
01:26:14 PauI went off to Washington,
01:26:18 I thought it must be because
01:26:21 had finally reaIized how vaIuabIe he was.
01:26:25 Far from it. He was being investigated.
01:26:30 He spent three days being grilled
01:26:34 with a foot-high stack of papers
01:26:38 They asked him about our friends,
01:26:42 our China years, our patriotism.
01:26:45 They even asked him
01:26:48 -Are you a homosexual, Mr. Child?
01:26:53 l am not a homosexual.
01:26:55 This is not a joke.
01:26:59 I'm well aware of that.
01:27:01 He came home exonerated
01:27:06 Julia, it was a nightmare.
01:27:11 What am I going to do?
01:27:14 l feel like my entire life has been a waste.
01:27:17 -Paul.
01:27:21 then I'll retire and then what?
01:27:27 We'll figure it out.
01:27:34 l just don't know what it was all for.
01:27:38 You know?
01:27:43 You at least have the book.
01:27:46 Well, it's your book, too.
01:27:49 lt is.
01:27:52 Without you, it wouldn't be a book.
01:27:55 Not that Simca and I'll ever be done with it.
01:28:00 -Someday you'll be done with it.
01:28:21 So to wrap things up,
01:28:23 at 6:22 Iast night,
01:28:28 That's right.
01:28:29 It began pouring down rain
01:28:33 I was utterIy crushed.
01:28:36 And then on top of everything,
01:28:37 I had a horribIe fight with my husband
01:28:55 The boeuf bourguignon was delloicus,
01:28:59 As for the raspberry Bavarian cream,
01:29:10 Morning.
01:29:12 Julie, could you come in here?
01:29:14 l didn't tell him, I swear.
01:29:17 Julie?
01:29:23 -Feeling better?
01:29:27 So you burned the stew?
01:29:31 But that's not why I didn't come to work.
01:29:35 Stomach flu.
01:29:37 Listen, it's a free country.
01:29:39 But this little thing of yours on the lnternet,
01:29:44 And if you don't feel like coming in to work,
01:29:48 Somebody wilI want this job.
01:29:54 I'm sorry.
01:29:57 Anyone else would fire you.
01:29:59 A Republican would fire you.
01:30:02 I'm not a schmuck.
01:30:10 I'm in shock. I can't believe it.
01:30:14 You're like "The Ones." If you and Eric
01:30:18 All sorts of people can.
01:30:24 l am, Sarah. I'm a bitch.
01:30:27 I know. I know you are.
01:30:31 By the way, Garth and I broke up.
01:30:33 Oh, God, I didn't even ask.
01:30:36 It's okay. I wasn't in love with him.
01:30:39 Do you really think I'm a bitch?
01:30:42 -Well, yeah.
01:30:44 But who isn't?
01:30:47 Julia.
01:30:50 I've been thinking about me and JuIia.
01:30:53 She was a secretary
01:30:57 A really nice guy married her.
01:31:02 Both of us were Iost
01:31:04 and both of us were saved
01:31:07 So major overIaps.
01:31:14 Julia child never Iost her temper
01:31:18 or collapsed in the oven,
01:31:23 And she was never horribIe to her husband,
01:31:26 And she never behaved Like,
01:31:29 Which is how I behave sometimes,
01:31:32 I wish I were more Like her.
01:31:37 That's the truth.
01:31:39 Well, anyway, that's the truth for now.
01:31:41 Yogurt for dinner.
01:32:08 Hi, you've reached Eric Powell at
01:32:13 I hated sIeeping without you Iast night.
01:32:17 Where are you?
01:32:18 l miss you.
01:32:51 -Hello?
01:32:56 No.
01:32:58 Why would you think that?
01:33:00 Are you and Eric
01:33:02 Of course not.
01:33:04 -Is he there and you can't taIk?
01:33:07 I just read your bIog, and it was strange
01:33:11 -Where is he?
01:33:14 He went out to get pizza.
01:33:16 Have you stopped cooking?
01:33:18 Just temporarily.
01:33:22 Well, get back to it.
01:33:24 It's gonna be good for you to finish
01:33:27 -Julia didn't give up.
01:33:30 Well, I'm just saying don't.
01:34:21 Hey.
01:34:25 Are you back?
01:34:27 Please be back.
01:34:31 What's for dinner?
01:34:49 Well, Avis said she'd be here.
01:34:54 Well, if she's not here, we can take a taxi.
01:34:56 They probably have taxis in Boston.
01:34:58 She'll be here. Wearing a plaid jacket.
01:35:03 That's how I'm to recognize her.
01:35:06 What do you mean, "recognize her"?
01:35:13 Well. . .
01:35:15 "Look for the middle-aged woman
01:35:21 -So. . .
01:35:23 We're just pen pals.
01:35:25 You don't know each other?
01:35:27 Well, we do. We write.
01:35:29 But how did you start writing one another?
01:35:34 That's a long story.
01:35:38 Avis' husband, Bernard De Voto, now dead,
01:35:44 He wrote an article in Harper's Magazine
01:35:50 -and how he absolutely detested them.
01:35:53 And so I wrote him a fan letter
01:36:00 and Avis wrote me back.
01:36:02 And so I wrote her back.
01:36:07 Well, it's been eight years, I think.
01:36:22 -Avis.
01:36:27 -My darling friend.
01:36:34 Brilliant friend. Bless you.
01:36:37 This is a very impressive undertaking,
01:36:43 Well, thank you very, very much.
01:36:46 And your editor loves it.
01:36:48 I do. I think it's brilliant.
01:36:51 There's really nothing else like it
01:36:54 -The problem is not just the length.
01:37:00 -Yes, we know. lt is long.
01:37:04 You have 700 pages
01:37:11 We were thinking that you could publish it
01:37:15 Volume One, Sauces.
01:37:17 -Volume Two. . .
01:37:21 Yes.
01:37:23 Volume Three, Fish.
01:37:29 That's one, two, three. . . That's six volumes.
01:37:33 Eggs.
01:37:35 -Eggs.
01:37:39 But we don't want to publish
01:37:42 l thought this was intended for housewives.
01:37:44 Yes, housewives want something quick,
01:37:50 Like this.
01:37:53 But if I may speak for everyone,
01:37:56 if you were willing to revise it,
01:38:04 Simca, I am so sorry.
01:38:08 You just picked the wrong collaborator.
01:38:11 Yes, I should have worked with this woman,
01:38:17 We'll just take the book away from
01:38:22 We have just begun to fight.
01:38:27 What is Marshmallow Fluff?
01:38:29 And keep the advance, by the way.
01:38:35 Don't give them back a penny of it.
01:38:37 Why did we ever decide to do this anyway?
01:38:43 Who can remember?
01:38:46 I can.
01:38:49 We wanted to write a French cookbook
01:38:54 So then, that's what we'lI do.
01:39:01 And that's that. lt'll be easy.
01:39:05 It will. The dessert section is done.
01:39:11 Thank you.
01:39:13 I just haven't typed it up yet.
01:39:16 But that will give me something to do
01:39:52 Eric, come see
01:40:07 Naughty.
01:40:15 Wow .
01:40:17 Oh, my God.
01:40:22 lt feels so good. No, I'm serious. I love it!
01:40:26 l just want to savor this moment.
01:40:30 The moment when anything is possible.
01:40:32 The moment that you can just imagine
01:40:37 and it's going to sell a million copies
01:40:43 Yes. But I think
01:40:46 -Don't you think?
01:40:48 What's for dinner?
01:40:54 What if she doesn't eat pork?
01:40:56 She's a food writer. Of course she eats pork.
01:41:01 You're right. I know you're right.
01:41:05 -ls she early?
01:41:07 -I'll finish, I'll finish.
01:41:08 You are a terrible human being.
01:41:14 Who is it?
01:41:15 Amanda Hesser from The New York Times.
01:41:18 Come in.
01:41:24 You have such a sense of Julia
01:41:27 as a teacher, as a voice.
01:41:29 I have conversations with her
01:41:33 And I feel like she is there with me
01:41:36 She's like your imaginary friend.
01:41:38 Yes.
01:41:40 And, of course,
01:41:42 Although, I don't think she ever reads it.
01:41:45 I'm dying to meet her.
01:41:47 I would like to be a bridesmaid
01:41:52 I realize that that would take
01:41:56 but that is the sort of thing
01:41:59 We're planning a pilgrimage
01:42:02 in the Smithsonian museum
01:42:04 But first, I have to finish.
01:42:10 and I stilI have to bone a duck.
01:42:16 I read somewhere that it was bad form
01:42:44 Lower Manhattan Development Corporation,
01:42:48 Lower Manhattan Development Corporation,
01:42:51 -Yes.
01:42:53 -Lower Manhattan Development. . .
01:42:55 The Now York Times. I can't beIieve it!
01:42:57 I know. I know, I know, I know, I know.
01:43:00 I have to call you back. Hold on.
01:43:02 Hello, this is Julie Powell.
01:43:07 -Hi.
01:43:10 Guess what? Messages on machine?
01:43:15 Sixty-five.
01:43:16 -Sixty-five?
01:43:24 If this is the JuIie Powell in this morning's
01:43:28 I'm an editor at LittIe Brown
01:43:30 whether you were interested
01:43:33 You can call me at (21 2) 049-0067 .
01:43:39 Hi, this is Sarah ChaIfant.
01:43:42 I don't know if you have an agent,
01:43:43 but I wouId Love to taIk to you
01:43:47 -i'm a producer at the CBS Morning News.
01:43:51 You are a writer.
01:43:56 This is Ruth Spungen,
01:43:59 PIease give me a call at (21 2) 1 57-3245.
01:44:03 -I have to make a pear tart.
01:44:06 Hi. It's Mom. You're in The New York Times!
01:44:10 I can't tell ya, everybody is calling.
01:44:13 And Aunt Jessie's cousin Dorrie in AbiIene,
01:44:16 the one with the husband
01:44:18 and is a crossword puzzIe nut,
01:44:20 they have a subscription to
01:44:23 Everyone is so excited!
01:44:26 This is Ken Dryer.
01:44:28 and I just read your bIog and it's great.
01:44:32 I'm an editor at Bon Appetit.
01:44:34 Hi, I'm a producer at the Food Network.
01:44:37 -TaIk to you.
01:44:39 I don't know whether you're thinking of
01:44:41 -A book.
01:44:42 -A teIevision series.
01:44:44 -Call me.
01:44:45 Call me.
01:44:50 Thank you, God.
01:44:58 Gimlets.
01:45:00 -Here you go.
01:45:02 -Hi, this is JuIie.
01:45:04 -And we are busy cooking.
01:45:07 And other stuff, so Ieave a message.
01:45:10 -You make them better.
01:45:13 Hi, it's Barry Ryan
01:45:15 and I'm writing an articIe about
01:45:19 and I asked her about your bIog,
01:45:20 and, frankIy, she was kind of a pill about it
01:45:26 Hello?
01:45:28 Yes, it is.
01:45:33 She said that?
01:45:36 Julia Child said that?
01:45:42 Has she read my blog?
01:45:48 No, I don't really wanna comment.
01:45:52 But thank you for calling.
01:45:59 Julia hates me.
01:46:06 Jule?
01:46:10 They hate us.
01:46:12 Who?
01:46:14 Houghton Mifflin.
01:46:28 -They don't hate you.
01:46:32 No, they say the book is good.
01:46:35 But they don't want to publish it.
01:46:37 Well, they think it's too expensive.
01:46:41 Eight years of our lives
01:46:49 so I wouldn't have nothing to do.
01:46:53 Oh, well.
01:46:55 Boo-hoo.
01:46:58 Now what?
01:47:03 -You're a teacher.
01:47:04 You can teach.
01:47:07 Right? We'll go home and. . .
01:47:10 Where's home?
01:47:12 Where do we live?
01:47:18 -Home is wherever we are.
01:47:22 All right?
01:47:27 -You can teach in our kitchen.
01:47:29 You can teach on television.
01:47:35 Television?
01:47:36 -Me?
01:47:38 -Paul.
01:47:40 l think you would be excellent on television.
01:47:44 -Paul !
01:47:46 Don't. . .
01:47:47 I'm not kidding you. I'm not.
01:47:51 Someone is going to publish your book.
01:47:53 Someone is going to read your book
01:47:57 Because your book is amazing.
01:48:00 Your book is a work of genius.
01:48:03 Your book is going to change the world.
01:48:09 Do you hear me?
01:48:12 You are so sweet.
01:48:17 You are
01:48:19 the sweetest man.
01:48:26 Fuck them.
01:48:32 Judith, would you take a look at this?
01:48:35 Our intrepid literary scout, Avis De Voto,
01:48:38 is friends with some woman
01:48:41 Houghton Mifflin just turned it down.
01:48:44 "French Recipes for American Cooks."
01:48:49 Have fun, Judith.
01:49:24 Yum.
01:49:37 Oh, my.
01:49:47 -Here it is. Of course.
01:49:52 -Who's that?
01:49:59 Special delivery for Mrs. Julia Child.
01:50:01 Chilly!
01:50:05 There you are.
01:50:33 Dear Mrs. child,
01:50:35 we have read your superb French cookbook,
01:50:38 studying it, cooking from it,
01:50:42 And we have come to the concIusion
01:50:45 that we wouId be very proud to pubIish.
01:50:47 Paul ! Paul !
01:50:49 What? What, what, what, what?
01:50:52 Knopf. . .
01:50:54 Knopf wants to publish our book.
01:50:56 Is it "K-nopf" or "Nopf"?
01:50:59 -Who cares?
01:51:01 They want to offer us an advance of $1 ,500 .
01:51:05 Oh, my God.
01:51:08 "We believe that your book wilI do
01:51:13 "what Rombauer's the Joy of Cooking did
01:51:17 "And we will sell it that way."
01:51:19 Julia!
01:51:22 When we meet,
01:51:25 I especially wanna taIk to you
01:51:28 Because it is of the utmost importance
01:51:32 from all the other cookbooks on the market.
01:51:36 -Is this the way you normally do this?
01:51:47 "Mastering the Art of French Cooking."
01:51:53 What do you think?
01:51:54 Well, at this point,
01:51:59 -Julia, that won't do.
01:52:04 l love it.
01:52:07 She said "hate"?
01:52:11 No.
01:52:13 But she said I wasn't respectful,
01:52:17 How much more serious could a person be?
01:52:21 Do you think
01:52:25 She can't have read your blog.
01:52:28 Did she read it?
01:52:30 He didn't know if she'd read it.
01:52:32 But she definitely had an opinion about it.
01:52:35 Do you think it's because I use
01:52:39 Could be. Who knows?
01:52:42 Look, there's something wrong with her
01:52:46 There is nothing wrong with her. Nothing.
01:52:48 I've spent a year with her. She's perfect.
01:52:50 The Julia Child in your head is perfect,
01:52:53 the Julia Child that doesn't understand
01:52:56 The one in your head is the one that matters.
01:53:02 I'm never gonna meet her.
01:53:05 But you already know her.
01:53:09 -Thank you.
01:53:14 -She saved me.
01:53:17 I was drowning
01:53:21 Don't get carried away.
01:53:25 Julia child began Iearning to cook
01:53:27 because she Loved her husband,
01:53:30 and she didn't know
01:53:32 And, in the process, she found joy.
01:53:35 I didn't understand this for a Iong time,
01:53:38 Julia taught me that.
01:53:40 But here's what Julia really taught me.
01:53:46 So here we are.
01:53:48 One day to go and one recipe.
01:53:53 You may think that boning a duck
01:53:58 -And the whoIe procedure...
01:54:00 ...can take as Iong as 45 minutes
01:54:05 Don't be afraid.
01:54:07 No fear, Julia. No fear.
01:54:09 Take your knife, confront the duck.
01:54:12 Confronting the duck. You're my duck.
01:54:15 You make a deep sIit
01:54:20 all the way from the neck down to the taiI
01:54:25 And with a small, sharp knife,
01:54:30 I did it. Look at that, Julia.
01:54:35 ...down one side of the bird...
01:54:38 Thread the boned duck on a board,
01:54:43 ...patting it into pIace. Roll out the dough.
01:54:46 ...two hours and remove it from the oven
01:54:51 lt looks exactly the way
01:54:55 Here you go. Can you grab the plates, too?
01:54:58 -You sure?
01:55:02 Coming around.
01:55:06 Here she comes. Wow!
01:55:09 Thank you. La pièce de résistance.
01:55:13 365 days. 524 recipes.
01:55:22 -Congratulations!
01:55:26 Babe. It's fantastic.
01:55:30 So great.
01:55:32 l love it. I love it.
01:55:38 Eric, I could never have done this
01:55:42 As someone once said,
01:55:44 you are the butter to my bread,
01:55:50 To my husband.
01:55:52 l love you, babe.
01:55:55 Thank you.
01:55:56 So it's over.
01:55:59 The project has come to a cIose.
01:56:04 Eric, me, the cat, sIightIy worse for wear,
01:56:07 sitting in the outer boroughs, eating.
01:56:11 So thanks, everybody.
01:56:13 And guess what?
01:56:15 Bon appétit.
01:56:30 See how the counters are raised?
01:56:37 There's her famous mortar and pestle.
01:56:41 If you say so.
01:56:43 -Perfect.
01:56:46 Okay.
01:56:49 That's nice. Give me something else.
01:56:52 Here we go. Talking to her.
01:56:55 That's good.
01:56:57 One more.
01:56:58 Very sweet.
01:57:01 That's it. That's the one.
01:57:04 That's the one.
01:57:07 Just give me a second.
01:57:25 l love you, Julia.
01:58:23 There you are!
01:58:27 That smells good. What are we having?
01:58:29 Navarin d'agneau.
01:58:38 Something for you.
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