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…)

Why I Started Cookbook Club

I moved to Los Angeles in the Summer of 2014.  As an adult, I’ve always found it hard to make friends. It seems like the best of friends come from our youth, those we went to high school with or those we met in college. After that, it’s much more of a free for all. Do you make friends at work? Your kids’ school? (Seriously, do you have friends? Is it just me?!) Even if you come across someone you actually like in the natural world, making progress towards friendship is tricky!

“This has been a fun uber ride. Do you want to get coffee sometime?” hardly sounds like something a sane person would say. “Will you be my new friend?” also doesn’t work. The whole thing reads of dating, but with more awkwardness and less agreement on what’s acceptable. (more…)