the cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child
Mastering the Art of French Cooking – Julia Child

Sunday, March 27 – 6:30pm

The inaugural Cookbook Club meeting! Inspired by Julie and Julia, we chose Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking as our first book. As you might expect, there was lots of butter, cheese, and cream! Perhaps something of an ambitious cookbook for us to start with, there were some members who did a bit of sifting to find Julia’s simpler recipes (me with the Oranges Glaces) and others who dove right in to take on dishes that were more like 4 recipes in 1 (props to Adrienne for tackling the Salade Nicoise!). (more…)