little bitty girl

tap tap... anyone there?

Life, it seems is getting the better of my days these days. It's not for lack of content that I am posting less, it's simply lack of motivation. I don't know what it is but Lisa S had a great post on her site about the very same dilemma. Life just sometimes happens to take over.

I went to see this movie tonight with some girlfriends. For those of you unfamiliar with the premise, it's a dual story of Julia Child during her formative cooking years in Europe (mainly Paris) and the story of Julie Powell, who decides to blog her experience of cooking through Julia Child's book, Mastering The Art of French Cooking.

The movie was a fun treat, on so many different levels. First of all, it's a Nora Ephron movie and I really admire her dry witty writing, I think she writes for smart, intelligent women who try not to take themselves too seriously in life. Then there is also the the wonderful cast that is Meryl Streep (oh Meryl, how I love thee), Amy Adams and Stanley Tucci. It's not the type of movie that will garner Oscars, but it's definitely entertaining.

Ironically, the movie deals with the two things that I seem to have lost my mojo on: blogging and food. I know, my mind is reeling too... the blogging is somewhat understandable but the food? I don't get it either.

But with the food thing, I am slowly trying to get my mojo back. This weekend, I actually canned tomato sauce and I am hoping to God, I did it right because it wasn't easy and I really wouldn't like to die of botulism. Seems like a horrible reason to put on one's death certificate - "Death by botulism." It also helps that I have been introduced to some really great food blogs of late. If you need a little culinary inspiration, these are the blogs that have been rocking my world lately.

Simply Recipes
Smitten Kitchen
The Bitten Word
The Perfect Pantry