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Have you gone to see Julie & Julia yet? I saw it in a preview screening, but I'm eager to see it again, especially for all the Julia Child scenes and all the food. While I missed out on an exclusive interview opportunity with the stars of the film due to technical difficulties, I did get to squeeze in a couple of questions via email to the director and writer, Nora Ephron.
I heard you had the actors participate in a cooking class, what was the goal? How was the experience?
Both Amy and Meryl did a little knife work and we all learned to bone ducks, something I promise you none of us will ever do again, especially me.
The food in the film was so compelling and sensual. What are some of the challenges associated with directing/shooting scenes with food?
Of course it helps to like food, but it was especially great that my cinematographer Stephen Goldblatt understood how important food was as a character in the movie. We wanted to food to look homey, but we also wanted it lit beautifully.
Do you read food blogs? Do you like them?
I love food blogs. Love Ed Levine's Serious Eats, and Chowhound, and of course my sister Amy Ephron's One For the Table.
What appealed to you most about Julie Powell? And about Julie Child? What is their relevancy for today?
I loved the idea of combining their stories, in part because it was a way of writing about what books are and what cooking is ... a way to communicate through the ages.
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Interview with Nora Ephron
Have you gone to see Julie & Julia yet? I saw it in a preview screening, but I'm eager to see it again, especially for all the Julia Child scenes and all the food. While I missed out on an exclusive interview opportunity with the stars of the film due to technical difficulties, I did get to squeeze in a couple of questions via email to the director and writer, Nora Ephron.
I heard you had the actors participate in a cooking class, what was the goal? How was the experience?
Both Amy and Meryl did a little knife work and we all learned to bone ducks, something I promise you none of us will ever do again, especially me.
The food in the film was so compelling and sensual. What are some of the challenges associated with directing/shooting scenes with food?
Of course it helps to like food, but it was especially great that my cinematographer Stephen Goldblatt understood how important food was as a character in the movie. We wanted to food to look homey, but we also wanted it lit beautifully.
Do you read food blogs? Do you like them?
I love food blogs. Love Ed Levine's Serious Eats, and Chowhound, and of course my sister Amy Ephron's One For the Table.
What appealed to you most about Julie Powell? And about Julie Child? What is their relevancy for today?
I loved the idea of combining their stories, in part because it was a way of writing about what books are and what cooking is ... a way to communicate through the ages.
- On Julia Child's 100 Birthday
Today marks what would have been Julia Child's 100th birthday. She's a bit like America's culinary mother, the woman who encouraged and cajoled us into the kitchen to be become better cooks, with her humor and her can do attitude. I...
-
So I didn't fool too many people with my quiz. I hope you had fun with it anyway! The Julia Child quote, according to Anne Willian anyway, is "One of the secrets of cooking is to correct something if you can or live with it if you cannot" So the...
- Julia Child Contest
I am still savoring my Summer edition of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture. It was an entire issue devoted to none other than Julia Child. There are interviews, remembrances, stories, poems, songs and even a picture of Julia in the bathtub...
- News
Commentary +Julia Child Panel Discussion Why do YOU cook, Hank Shaw? Events +Eat Out and Do Good Interview with Nora Ephron Contests +Salmon with Kiwi Sauce: Recipe .date {display:none}©2016 Cooking with Amy. All rights reserved. This material may not...
- Julia
Most of you probably already know that Julia Child died yesterday just days from her 92nd birthday. Eulogies have appeared, and will continue to appear, in newspapers and blogs around the country and even the world. Alaina provides nice coverage of these...