8.19.2008

I have been inspired!!

Hello fellow Foodies!

I have recently read the book "Julie & Julia" by Julie Powell... it's about this woman Julie who has a dead-end temp job in NYC, living in a dump with her highschool sweetheart husband, their 3 cats, horrible plumbing problems and rotten floorboards.. She's not seeing any light at the end of the tunnel with hitting almost 30 and being constantly reminded about her "ticking clock"... They're both Texans and after Julie has a nervous breakdown she goes off to visit her parents in Austin. Poking through her Mom's pantry she discovers one of the first Julia Childs Cookbooks, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking Vol. 1" and becomes inspired. She decides to cook her way out of her life "rut" and with the help of her hubby, starts a blog about the ups, downs and inbetweens of this year-long ordeal.

It's fabulous... since then she's become a legend and contines to blog:

http://www.juliepowell.blogspot.com/

so needless to say, she's inspired me to voice a bit of my witty personality to my blog.

For the few out there that have tapped into my wide assortment of recipes have noticed that I cannot possibly tackle a heroic escapade as she has, because my pallet is all over the place.. However, I will stop this initial "Online Cookbook" and actually turn it into a "Online Cooking Blog".. with yes... my ups, downs and in-betweens all mashed together in my tiny-teal painted kitchen with no counter space, dishwasher, or garbage disposal.

Doesn't this sound like fun?

The problem/question is where to start because I find recipes all OVER the place, sometimes I'll catch shows on food network but most of the time I get cravings for things and then just look online until I find something of my skill level, but mostly inexpensive.

Problem/Question #2 is I tend to ramble a lot... but whats the fun in blogging out in cyberspace when you have to have a word count limit? not fun..

Idea: I'll start off with my regular finding-recipes-out-of-nowhere-which-have-absolutely-nothing-in-common, or "FroonWhanic" (wow thats kind of freakishly cool how that worked out...) and then i'll take it from there and see what inspires me. I love cookbooks but the cyber world has made trillions upon trillions of recipes at our fingertips.. so why not take advantage of that?

ok...solved... here we goooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 comments:

Larissa- big sis said...

Marielle,
This sounds great! I love reading your comments and getting your perspective on all this cooking stuff. As you know, I'm a newbie when it comes to cooking but I am obsessed with the idea of it. And I can't wait to read 'Julie and Julia'. I'm excited that people get to see your fun personality through your blog. yay!

Mom said...

Your comments are just like having you sit next to me at the table. I do hope that you continue with recipes and photos too! I love seeing the fun things you've tried.