\u00a0By Guest blogger, Erwin: The Foodie Intern<\/p>\n
Maybe I should admit a couple of things first.\u00a0 I am a newbie when it comes to anything culinary.\u00a0 Outside of the Food Network Channel<\/a> (God bless those programs!), I haven\u2019t really set foot into the technical\/creative sphere of the kitchen.\u00a0 Yes, I\u2019ve made a sandwich or two or some other quick dish.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t really fall into the same league as what Iron Chef Bobby Flay or Chef Tyler Florence can do.\u00a0 Receiving an internship with celebrity chef and mistress of mixology, Kathy Casey<\/a>, I didn\u2019t know what to expect.<\/p>\n The foodie world by itself is amazing and I am more and more intrigued each day.\u00a0 Granted I don\u2019t work in the kitchen, I do get to work in front of a computer and look up all things foodie.\u00a0 I can\u2019t say more than enough about how insanely diverse this world is.\u00a0 I have to sometimes catch myself and stop drooling after I look up FoodBuzz<\/a> recipes and blogs or shake myself out of a daydream while something is cooking up in the Food Studios.<\/p>\n But I digress.<\/p>\n A couple of weeks back, Kathy brought her Chef team Cameo McRoberts, Travis Childers, and myself to watch a sneak preview of the new Julie & Julia<\/a><\/em> movie.\u00a0 As I\u2019ve said, I consider myself to still be a newbie to the food world.\u00a0 Again, I didn\u2019t know what to expect.<\/p>\n The movie is a blend of two true stories: Julie Powell\u2019s Julie & Julia<\/span> and Julia Child\u2019s memoirs\u2019 My Life in France<\/span>.\u00a0 The movie follows our two young heroines at two different periods of time.\u00a0<\/p>\n Julie Powell works in a post-9\/11 world behind a cubicle and drowned in the sorrows of insurance claims.\u00a0 A could-have-been novelist, she\u2019s reached a pivoting point where she doesn\u2019t know what to do.\u00a0 Comforted by the thought of cooking, she comes up with a plan: to cook all of the recipes in Julia Child\u2019s Mastering the Art of French Cooking<\/a><\/span> in 365 days.<\/p>\n Julia and Paul Child have just moved to Paris, France where Paul has been stationed in the U.S. Embassy.\u00a0 In this pre-McCarthy era, the Childs are loving the French life.\u00a0 Julia, never steady hanging out at home, enrolls in a culinary school.\u00a0 Looking always for a new adventure and fresh from graduating culinary school, Julia and her friends decide to put together a cook book.<\/p>\n I won\u2019t give away too many details of the movie, but I loved it.\u00a0 This newbie loved every aspect of the movie from beginning to end.\u00a0 The character development with the two female leads is genuine and heart-felt.\u00a0 Meryl Streep and Amy Adams do both Julia Child and Julie Powell justice, respectively.\u00a0 It does follow within the romantic-comedy genre, but as a guy, I still loved the movie.\u00a0 The movie\u2019s flow will keep you pulled in with Julia\u2019s amusing quirks and Julie\u2019s sheer determination.\u00a0 It\u2019s a great look into two people whose lives parallel each other well.<\/p>\n Take it from me, even if I am from a food newbie.<\/p>\n