Results tagged “juliepowell”

              

The genre of "foodie movies" demands that the Los Angelean viewer have an after-movie plan. If you're seeing Tampopo, make haste for Daikokuya. If it's Soul Food, M&M Soul Food better be no farther than 20 minutes away. And now with Julie & Julia... well really, is there any place in Los Angeles where you can find the exquisite French food featured in the movie? Oh sure, there's Kendall's Brasserie or Church & State. But the best thing about Julie & Julia is that you're gonna wanna cook. Maybe not like Julia Child, but you'll be inspired to break out the pots and pans, and maybe even the pen and paper.

The piece offers both a look at food-specific content and blogs in general, with a limited respect and tolerance for non-pros. Winer notes, "When a good writer chronicles his life, it is art. When an amateur feels the need to chronicle his life by listing what he made or ate for dinner each night, often the best that can be said is that it's touching." The blogs that she most admires, including Julie Powell’s brilliant Julie-Julia Project, bad things, Chocolate & Zucchini via France, and the NYC-based Food Section, are not rooted in our town but provide some terrific story telling and/or universally useful information.