Based on real people and events, Julie & Julia tells the parallel stories of two women who lived 50 years apart but shared a passion for cooking: Julia Child (Meryl Streep) and Julie Powell (Amy Adams). In 1951, Child was living in Paris, where her husband, Paul (Stanley Tucci), a career diplomat, had been assigned after the war. With little to occupy her, she decided to take a class at the Cordon Bleu Cooking School. In 2001, in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the United States, New Yorker Powell was searching for an activity that might lift her spirits. She decided to make every recipe in Child’s landmark cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and document her efforts online. Her daily blog became so popular that it was turned into a book, which served as the basis for the film.

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