Word: goddesses
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...night Julie Powell, a neurotic, cash-strapped, Queens, N.Y., temp, decided that she was going to cook every single recipe in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Powell, 30, is not a domestic goddess; she's emphatically, unembarrassedly a domestic mortal. But she is also a genuinely gifted thinker and writer about food. As we learn in the account of her culinary marathon, Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen (Little, Brown; 320 pages; Sept. 28), Child's gastronomical masterpiece teaches Powell precious lessons about herself. Chief among them? That "you are human...
...author Sophie Kinsella is one of the reigning stars in chick-lit, the popular wish-fulfillment novels now being written and marketed for young women. Her witty new book, The Undomestic Goddess (Dial), is the story of Samantha Sweeting, a BlackBerry-toting workaholic London lawyer on the verge of making partner in her prestigious firm. Fate intervenes, and Samantha suddenly finds herself a housekeeper with not a lick of domestic talent, hurtling into a new romance. We spoke with the author by phone in London, just before a second set of bombings hit the city Thursday...
...undomestic goddess yourself...
...actually went to learn to bake bread for the book. I was that devoted. I went to a friend who is truly a domestic goddess, and bakes her own bread every day, and practically has chickens running around the yard. She taught me from scratch. I have to say, it was very enjoyable. We had this lovely day, and we baked all of this bread. We made four loaves. But what really hit me was that then we sat down for tea, and we ate one of the loaves between us. It dawned on me-you make it, and then...
...ATHENA Named after the Greek goddess credited by mythology with planting the first olive tree, Athena is located in the heart of the tranquil Waipara Valley, an hour north of Christchurch. Owner Helen Clausen gives tours of the farm, but restive visitors seem more interested in the tasting than the talking-and with good reason. Athena's first-pressed, extra-virgin oil is as green and viscous as a fruit nectar, and quite exquisite. Flavored oils (including lemon and pepper) are also available. International shipments can be arranged at www.athenaolives.co.nz...