Julie and Julia "Bon Appetite!"

If you haven't seen the movie "Julie and Julia" yet, you are missing a real treat! Meryl Streep, as usual, is wonderful in the part of Julia Child. She is funny, eccentric, passionate and lovable. I remember watching Julia Child on TV cooking shows way before there was a "food channel" and celebrities like Emeril, Rachel, and the Barefoot Contessa. She was always funny and quite a character. Just as interesting is the story about Julie. A young woman who wants to be a writer but can't quite get her life together enough to make that goal happen. Encouraged by her husband to write about cooking on her blog; she becomes Julia's greatest fan. Through Julie's idealization of Miss Child she learns a lot about Julia and herself as well as she cooks her way through "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." Both of their stories are fascinatingly revealed as the story moves back and forth between Julia and Julie. The movie is much like a perfect recipe, with all the right ingredients for a delicious slice of life: Two parts interesting lives, four people carefully blended, seasoned with humor and wrapped in love. The mixture is then set out so that the ingredients have time to bind together. The resulting dish is "Hmm Hmm Good!" And, as Julia would say,"Bon Appetite!" (Oh, and guys, this isn't just another chick flick. My husband enjoyed the movie, too.)