Mastering the Art of French Cooking
Mastering the Art of French Cooking is a two-volume French cookbook written by Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, both of France, and Julia Child of the United States. The book was written for the American market and published by Knopf in 1961 (Volume 1) and 1970 (Volume 2). The success of Volume 1 resulted in Julia Child being given her own television show, "The French Chef", one of the first cooking programs on American television. Historian David Strauss argues that the publication of "Mastering the Art of French Cooking", "did more than any other event in the last half century to reshape the gourmet dining scene."
Julie &amp; Julia
Ephron's screenplay is adapted from two books: "My Life in France", Child's autobiography written with Alex Prud'homme, and a by Powell, "Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen" (later retitled "Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously"). Both of these books were written and published in the same time frame (2004–06). Powell's book was based on her blog "The Julie/Julia Project", where she had started documenting online her daily experiences cooking each of the 524 recipes in Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking". The film is the first major motion picture based on a blog.