Has it really been five years since Julia Child's death? Her cookbooks continue to connect us to her but they only a capture a piece of her genius. For a more complete picture, we need the Julia Child of television. Her show The French Chef was an inspiration for dozens of Food Network personalities.Unfortunately it isn't online (yet!) but one of her other television series is -- Cooking with Master Chefs, the 1994 show that helped shine the spotlight on 16 chefs including Lidia Bastianich and E
Well, that didn't take long. Shortly after Sony Pictures released the poster and the Web site for Julie & Julia, the trailer is now online:Meryl Streep's impression will either carry or tank this movie. The trailer makes it seem like she's nailed Child's voice, but if it's really just 90 minutes of Streep saying cliches like "Bonjour! Bonjour!" then the voice is going to get old quick.
And once again, we bring you Friday Freebies, wherein we present things to do this weekend that won't cost you any more than the gas it takes to get to 'em.
Friday night's free movies appear to be for musical fans. You can choose between the new and the classic. Crown Center's Friday Night Flick this week is the ABBA musical, Mamma Mia!, with Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried. City Market Cinema in the (surprise!) City Market shows Little Shop of Horrors. Really, it all boils down as to w
There's not much that you get in life just for showing up. But that's going to be the case this Thursday in Liberty, Missouri, where the first 100 customers at the new Chick-fil-A get a year's worth of chicken -- 52 gift certificates. Those searching for a chicken fix can begin camping out tomorrow at 6 a.m. in front of the new store (110 N. Conistor Street), 24 hours before the doors open. You need to be 18 and have valid identification. So track down your tent and start eatin
Thanks to the very sweet comedy, Julie & Julia, the late Julia Child is finally at the top of the bestseller list, 48 years after Mastering the Art of French Cooking was first published. Have you seen the film yet? It's very endearing and Meryl Streep is amazing as the indominable Mrs. Child. The biggest laugh during the film, interestingly enough, was when the characters played by Amy Adams and Chris Messina watched this brilliant SNL sketch from 1978. It's amazing, but Dan Akroyd w
