There is a certain synchronicity involved in feeling compelled to blog about Julia Child's Boeuf Bourguignon. After all, cooking Julia's boeuf recipe and then blogging about it changed the course of Julie Powell's life... what could it do for mine?
It had been a while since I read her book and I had not yet seen the movie when I decided to attempt the dish. Really, I was convinced to give it a go by a food newsletter I receive over email, describing boeuf bourguignon as the perfect comforting meal for a rainy day. I have lately been obsessed with trying to master kitchen classics ... the perfect loaf of bread, a homemade chicken stock, a roasted chicken. Boeuf Bourguignon struck me as another such classic for the repertoire and thus struck my fancy.
I stopped at the grocery store on my way home yesterday afternoon, and assembled the ingredients for the afternoon's adventures. After an hour and a half of prep time in the kitchen, I had successfully fried lardons (after learning what they were), browned 3 lbs of beef, begun a sauce in the drippings, and transferred the whole stew into the stove to quietly develop for 3 hours. Before I sat down to wait it out, I invited a couple of girl friends over to help me eat and evaluate.
From the couch, as my boeuf started filling the kitchen with its promises, I turned on Julie & Julia and watched another food-obsessed writer attempt to find the good life via food.
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So sad missed the boeuf! did you like julie and julia? i loved it!
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ReplyDeleteSO GOOD! This will make a repeat appearance for sure!
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