Thursday, August 16, 2012

My Julie & Julia Challenge


Usually we make time for the things we love to do however, it was time that let me love the thing I hated most. Cooking. Not being at work and having more time at home has made a huge difference to my cooking skills, and I am loving it!

I recently watched the movie titled "Julie & Julia" and what a fantastic movie it was! I thoroughly enjoyed it and was very inspired to take on my own cooking challenge. If you haven't seen the movie, its about a woman (Julie) who decides to cook every recipe in Julia Child's cookbook "Mastering the Art of French Cooking". Its 525 recipes in 365 days, and she writes a blog of her progress along the way.

So I've decided that I will embark on a cookbook challenge of my own, starting September. I will be cooking from AWW The Retro Cookbook cover to cover. It is a lovely cookbook that was a Christmas gift from my sister in-law Kathleen. It contains 160 recipes that range from the original 1950's AWW (Australian Woman's Weekly) cookbooks to today's. I too will blog of my progress and let you all know how my culinary journey is going.
I would like to complete the challenge before the New Year begins but if things don't quite go to plan, than I have given myself a 6 month deadline.

There are some interesting recipes so, stayed tuned!




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4 comments:

  1. I can't wait to see how this goes! I have the CWA cookbook, but I can't make everything in it gluten free, so this wouldn't work for me. But what a fab idea and I'm looking forward to following along :)

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    1. Yeah I'm a little scared... there are some weird dishes!

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  2. Love the idea Jess, good luck :)

    If there are any that are particularly awesome, I'd love you to post the recipe so we could give it a go. Keep writing you fabulous woman.

    Love Sibby xx

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