I just finished reading Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously. The author embarks on a project to cook all of the recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking in a year; she's funny and likeable and a bit of a disaster, and reminds me enough of Elizabeth Gilbert (whom Julie apparently knows and thanks in the acknowledgements) that I wonder if they've started a new genre: self-deprecating memoirs of entirely relatable people taking on some kind of structured project to help them through a rough time.
She's probably someone I would like in real life anyway, and then I found her Powell's interview. When asked which fictional character she would like to date, she comes up with... Johnny Tremain. Ha. What a great answer. I think my sixth-grade self would have totally backed her up on that one.
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So, did you like the book? I've been thinking about getting it from the library.
Burning his hand in the molten silver is the ONLY thing I remember about Johnny. Did I ever actually read the book?
I TOTALLY remember the scene in the movie where Johnny Tremain burned his hand. It was scary.
"It's a strong old tree,
It's a proud old tree,/
and we are the sons!
Yes, we are the sons!
The Sons of Liberty."
I was just wondering why I had such a completely clear vision in my head of the scene where he burns his hand in the silversmithing shop, and then the Sons of Liberty song (which: AWESOME) answered the question. We definitely read the book and watched the movie in elementary school. I don't think it was with Mrs. W.Penny, Hefk, so not sure if you did or not.
Kelly: I really liked the Julie and Julia book. Definitely worth getting from the library.
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