Julie and Julia

The movie Julie and Julia follows the lives of two characters, Julie and Julia Child, and highlights the parallels in their lives and their journey of finding their passion for food. Although Julie and Julia have never met and were living in different countries in different time periods, their lives are eerily similar in that food has changed both of their lives for the better. When Julia Child was living in France with her husband in the 1940s, she was fascinated with French cuisine and started to take a cooking class. While in the class, she realized that cooking was actually something that she was passionate about, and she had the idea of writing a cookbook that taught French cooking to American housewives. The cookbook became a huge success, and 50 years later it ends up in the household of the movie's other main character, Julie. Julie used cooking as an escape from the stress of her boring and demanding job. One day, her husband gave her the idea of starting a blog, and she decided to make her blog about food. She gave herself a year to cook every recipe from Julia Child's cookbook, and she would describe every detail of her journey on her blog. What started out as a hobby soon began to take over Julie's life, and her obsession with cooking even caused a strain in her marriage. It all became worth it, however, since her blog became popular and it even got featured on the New York times. Both of these women taught us that when you don't know what direction your life is going in, following your passions and staying dedicated to your goals no matter what hardships you will face will take you far.