Julie and Julia

After the inspiring "Julie and Julia," I thought to myself, "Why not create a blog and become famous? I could use the same idea, except a different cookbook. Then I looked at potential cookbooks I had on the shelf. Fannie Farmer, The Joy of Cooking, and a various assortment of more specific books. Opening to a recipe page I find the following on page 405 of my copy of Fannie Farmer (if you want to know what edition, you are reading the wrong blog).

Baked Sweet Potatoes or Yams
(ALLOW ONE MEDIUM POTATO PER SERVING)

Preheat the oven to 375•F (190•C). Scrub the potatoes and cut a small piece off one end so the potato won't burst during baking. Place the potatoes, slightly apart, on the oven rack. Bake for about 1 hour or until tender when pierced with a knife. Fork open and put a pat of butter inside to serve.

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I've never looked at Julia Child's cookbook, but if it's anything like this one, I would die of boredom doing recipe after recipe. I'm not as charming as Julie Powell, so there's no way you're going to enjoy reading about me making baked potatoes and boiling eggs for 365 days. Best find a different way to become famous. I suppose I should let someone know I'm doing this blog, that way in the off chance I do become famous, you can say you got in on the ground floor.

I did take a quick look at Julie Powell's blog (see: juliepowellbooks.com). It's pretty good! It's refreshing to read a well-written piece of work. I only looked at for probably about as long as you're going to look at this, which means you might not even read this sentence!

It's 4am. Shall I dare make plans to cook something from Cook's The Best Make-Ahead Recipe? I love this book.