Living in a tiny apartment in New York and trapped in a job she hates,Julie Powell sees life passing her by Then one night,she notices that the few items she's grabbed from the Korean grocery store are the very ingredients for Potage Parmentier,as described in Julia Child's legendary cookbook,Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

Author's Note

The Road to Hell Is Paved with Leeks and Potatoes

Joy of Cooking

You Have to Break a Few Eggs...

Hacking the Marrow Out of Life

... To Make an Omelette

Disaster/Dinner Party, Dinner Party/Disaster

The Law of Diminishing Returns

They Shoot Lobsters, Don't They?

The Proof Is in the Plumbing

Sweet Smell of Failure

Flaming Crepes!

Time to Move to Weehawken

"Only in America"

Simplicity Itself

... Well, Not Quite

Acknowledgments