這本書是一個在紐約的女孩向全美知名料裡主持界天王Julia Child致敬之書2002年，日子過得百無聊賴的祕書茱莉突發奇想，計劃以一年的時間，完成美國名廚茱莉亞.柴爾德（Julia Child）《掌握法國廚藝》書中的524道料理，並將心得發表在部落格「The Julie/Julia Project」上，結果不僅出版成書，更被好萊塢搬上銀幕，成就了這部號稱是「Bridget Jones遇上法系大廚」的幸福小品。
它不是小說，但兩個不同時空的女人靠食譜交流心靈比小說更引人它不是食譜，卻比各種華麗食材的食譜書更讓人動心想作菜一個徬徨在紐約市裡的女子學習Julia Child認清自己的力量從最日常的食物製作中找到人生方向 找回自己
這是茱莉的故事，也是茱莉亞的故事在茱莉亞的食譜裡，用愛提味，充滿勇氣在茱莉的生活裡，渴望香料，期待甜蜜
年屆三十的紐約打工女茱莉，日復一日過著無目標的生活、無聊的工作、沒有孩子的婚姻。唯一可喜的是──她愛吃。在讀到傳奇名廚茱莉亞的《掌握法國廚藝》後，決定用一年的時間，每天按照該書做菜，並把烹飪成果連同她的城市愛情生活公布在部落格上。漸漸地，吸引了讀者，從此她的生活有了巨大的轉變。
美國名廚茱莉亞‧柴爾德，生於美國加州，二戰後與外交官夫婿住過巴黎，中年才開始在藍帶學院學習烹飪，廚藝之路際遇多舛，後來與友人合著《掌握法國廚藝》。1963年起在美國電視節目教烹飪而聞名全國，並獲得許多獎項，影響大眾甚廣──她「對生活的樂觀和熱情感染了數百萬美國觀眾，並教會他們享受烹飪的樂趣」。
茱莉困在苦悶工作中，困在紐約角落的小公寓，困在乏味的婚姻裡，偶爾還發現自己在下班回家途中莫名落淚。某晚，透過睫毛膏糊掉的淚眼，她留意到自己在買菜時，隨手抓的幾樣食材竟是茱莉亞‧柴爾德那本《掌握法國廚藝》所列出的第一道菜「韭蔥馬鈴薯湯」的材料。做這道菜過程中，她體會到茱莉亞‧柴爾德當年學做菜時心理上的微妙變化。伴著腦中浮現一幕幕茱莉亞‧柴爾德的生活，她繼續從法式蛋盅到牛油煎牛排，從「潑婦飯」到殺活龍蝦，一道道做下來，食物的豐富滋味一點一滴滲透到她每天的生活中，她發現這忙亂的烹飪計畫正在改變自己……
這兩個不同世代的女人，藉由美食有了奇妙的聯繫，一本食譜書串起了兩段不同時空的女人面對生活轉折的故事。看美食如何改變了她們的人生！Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously is the story of the hilarious culinary blogging project aspiring writer Julie Powell embarks on in order to kick-start her writing career and give her life focus – the results, however, are not quite what she had first envisioned . . .
Living in a tiny apartment in New York and trapped in a job she hates, Julie Powell sees life passing her by. Then one night, she notices that the few items she’s grabbed from the Korean grocery store are the few items she’s grabbed for Potage Parmentier, as described in Julia Child’s legendary cookbook,Mastering the Art of French Cooking. And The Project is born.
Julie begins to cool – every one of the 524 recipes in the book, in the space of just one year. Soon The Project is all she can think about. While the richness of the food she slaves over spreads into the rest of her life. . .
‘Sassy, quirky and disarmingly honest…Powell draws high-calorie comedy from her exploits’ Marie Claire
‘A gem of a book…both hilarious and touching’ Glamour
Julie Powell started to entertain readers on her infamous blog, on which she pledged to cook all the recipes from Julia Child’s iconic cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking. The blog achieved a dedicated following and, as a result of this, it evolved into Julie & Julia – a novel which connects Julie’s blog to a reworking of Julia Child’s biography. Julie & Julia was adapted for film by Nora Ephron in 2009 and starred Meryl Streep and Amy Adams. Cleaving, the sequel to Julie & Julia, is also available from Penguin.
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茱莉‧鮑爾（Julie Powell，1973-），生於美國德州奧斯汀，就讀於麻州安默斯特學院（Amherst College），1995年以戲劇和創意寫作雙主修畢業。2002年茱莉‧鮑爾開始了「茱莉/茱莉亞計畫」計畫，她依茱莉亞‧柴爾德所寫的《掌握法國廚藝》書中食譜做菜，並將經過寫在部落格中，預定在365天之內，做完書中524道食譜。此部落格得到眾多回應，最後集結成這本《美味關係：茱莉與茱莉亞》。打了很久的兼職工之後，茱莉‧鮑爾如今已可穿著睡衣在皇后區長島市家中專事寫作了。與她在這個「工作室寓所」的家中共住的，有她老公艾立克，還有他們養的狗羅伯特、貓馬克新、盧米、庫珀，以及名為祖祖瑪琳的蛇。Julie Powell
After spending a long, long time working as a temp, Julie Powell now writes in her pyjamas in Long Island City, Queens, where she shares a “loft” apartment with her husband Eric, their dog Robert, their cats Maxine, Lumi and Cooper, and their snake Zuzu Marlene.
Julie Powell won the 2006 Lulu Blooker Prize for Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen.
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