Reading "Julie & Julia"

I enjoyed this movie before we went to culinary school. After completing culinary school, I feel compelled to attempt this same feat. Cook all of the recipes in "Mastering the Art of French Cooking". Strangely enough, I never watched Julia Child on TV. Since I'm already in the middle of several different "all of" challenges, I'm going to let this one slide for a bit. I have realized after the first few chapters though that I need to have a reference copy of the cookbook so I can lookup what Julie is cooking.

I am working on reading all of the Hugo Best Novel aware winners. I am reading them in order from oldest to newest. Well, actually, I have reached the 80's and I have decided to skip around a bit. There are some authors who write political science fiction (a la Frank Herbert). I prefer future and space tech science fiction. My favourite is the Grand Master himself, Robert Heinlein. I have skipped the books that I have already read.

I am also working on watching all of the Academy Best Picture winners in reverse order. I am in the late 70's / early 80's now. I like to order the movies to be delivered to my local library and then watch them whilst I am donating blood platelets. I donated 25 times last year!

These are the words that I've had to look-up so far. Definitions courtesy of Merriam-Webster.

impecunious - having little or no money

avuncular - like an uncle; kind or friendly like an uncle

faille - a somewhat shiny closely woven silk, rayon, or cotton fabric characterized by slight ribs in the weft

licentious - sexually immoral or offensive

apostasy - renunciation of a religious faith 

metastasized - to spread or grow by or as if by metastasis

prions - any of several small petrels (genus Pachyptila of the family Procellariidae) of the southern hemisphere that are bluish gray above and white below