finally managed to catch Julie and Julia last night. prior to watching the movie, i heard alot of comments from other students. i heard that it makes one hungry, i heard that it was extremely boring, i heard it was great, and i heard that it inspires one to get up and try to learn cooking. frankly, i didnt not share the same thought as any of my friends though. But i did wonder about something when the movie ended, and up till now, i still have not figure out the answer, was the whole movie just trying to advertise julie child's cookbook? was it just a 2hour long advertisement trying to convince us how great the cook book was?

why would i think so? jia min asked me, if there was alot of brand names being flashed on the movie. my answer was no. but, funny thing about this movie, i wonder if other people felt it too, after watching it, i felt like buying the julie child's cookbook. i felt more interested in this cookbook, and i sincerely believed that this cookbook would make me a much better french cook then i am now. (not that i can cook very well at this point, i'm one of those servant-less cooks that has never poached an egg.)



Having this thought in my mind still when i got home, i Google-ed and Amazon-ed this cookbook.not to my surprise, this cookbook was the second best selling book in the food and beverage category.




has anyone ever realized how expensive cookbooks are? and the most fascinating is that, not all the recipes taste nice. my second brother is a chief, he explained to me that most chiefs do not really give the proper and correct instructions to make the food extremely great. they are unwilling to share their 'greatness' in that sense. i guess this is because they fear that if they do reveal all their recipes, then no one would want to pay elaborate amounts of money to eat at their restaurants, when we can all have it at the comforts at our homes and at a much cheaper cost.