August 2009

If Tiz can pull herself away from the kitchen long enough, she’s heading straight for the movie theater to see “Julie & Julia.”

Anyone who has ever aspired to break through the barriers of their cubicle life will identify with Julie (Amy Adams), and it’s nice to know that before Julia Child (Meryl Streep) became a culinary icon, she was first and foremost a woman who loved to eat.

We know they both succeeded in the end, due to Julia’s legendary status and Julie’s book for which the movie was based, “Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously.”  Of course the story (based on two true stories) is about so much more than cooking… it’s about life. But we’re pretty excited about the cooking part.

If the movie is even half as enthralling as the book, we know we’ll be especially captivated by any scenes including Reine de Saba, Charlotte Malakoff, Clafouti and especially when Julie cooks an array of eight French Tarts for her friends.

I can’t think of a more fitting film for a chef’s day out. And if there’s a better way to spend a sweltering August afternoon in Charlotte than a good flick and air-conditioning, we haven’t found it. See you at the movies!

And by the way, Tiz has more in common with Julia Child than a passion for cooking.  When Tiz first started Tizzerts, she used her mother’s big blue Buick to make deliveries.  A car probably not too different than Julia’s enormous sky-blue Buick station wagon affectionately nicknamed “The Blue Flash.”  When we find a photo of Tiz’s former delivery car, we’ll be sure to include it in the blog.