Julie & Julia

Julie & Julia is an American comedy-drama film written and directed by Nora Ephron released in 2009, starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, and Chris Messina. Ephron’s screenplay is adjusted from two books: My Life in France, Child’s life account composed with Alex Prud’homme, and a diary by Powell, Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen.

Julia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.

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Movie Plot In 1949, the diplomat Paul Child and his wife Julia are expatriated to France. In Paris, the bored Julia decides to learn how to cook and later to write a book teaching American housewives how to cook French cuisine. In 2002, the frustrated secretary of a government agency Julie and her husband, the editor Eric Powell, move to an apartment in Queens over a pizzeria. Julie is an aspirant writer and loves to cook and her husband suggests her to write a blog to spend her leisure time. Julie decides to write a blog about cooking and commits herself to cook the 534 recipes written by Julia Child in her book in 365 days. As seen on IMDb

Cast

• Meryl Streep as Julia Child
• Amy Adams as Julie Powell
• Stanley Tucci as Paul Child, Julia's husband
• Chris Messina as Eric Powell, Julie's husband[6]
• Linda Emond as Simone Beck ("Simca"), with whom Julia wrote Mastering the Art of French Cooking
• Helen Carey as Louisette Bertholle, co-author of Mastering the Art of French Cooking
• Jane Lynch as Dorothy Dean Cousins, Julia's sister[7]
• Mary Lynn Rajskub as Sarah, Julie's friend.[8]
• Joan Juliet Buck as Madame Elisabeth Brassart of Le Cordon Bleu, where Julia studied French cooking
• Amanda Hesser as herself
• Deborah Rush as Avis DeVoto, Julia's long-time pen pal
• Vanessa Ferlito as Cassie, Julie's acquaintance
• Casey Wilson as Regina, Julie's acquaintance
• Jillian Bach as Annabelle, Julie's acquaintance
• Frances Sternhagen as Irma Rombauer
• Françoise Lebrun as The Baker's Mother
• Mary Kay Place as the voice of Julie's mother
• Erin Dilly as Judith Jones, Julia's editor and friend

Our Review

Julie and Julia are two very different women, but they have one delicious feature in common: cooking. One comes to us from the delicious Paris of the '50s and the American television reality of the' 60s, full of smiles, optimism and original recipes. She is none other than Julia Child, the famous chef in the country and TV personality played by Meryl Streep. For her, cooking and food are a way of life, part of everyday life and a source of her inexhaustible pleasure.

The other is Julie Powel (Amy Adams), a stressed woman living in Queens who is frustrated with her life, the September 11 injury in New York and her failed failures, and is permanently in a state of crisis and frustration. Cooking for her is a way out of everyday life, while Julia Child's recipes are a challenge for small everyday victories - both in her kitchen and in her blog. Julia's recipe book will prove to be an unexpected self-help guide for Julie, who will finally give a taste of her boring life.

It is a pleasant and romantic story of Julie and Julia. Inspired by two true stories, Ephron manages to convey to the viewer both the joy of cooking and the joy of blogging, but also the simple joy of eating, a more accessible pleasure that we have all more or less experienced during a well-cooked meal. An undeniably delicious romantic comedy that will open hearts and appetite of course.

We imagined ourselves somewhere in Franch eating of course a delicious creamy chicken, that we add bacon (which is an always delicious combination) and pasta to complete and easy, quick and tasty meal.

Bon appetit!

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Creamy Pasta with Chicken and Bacon

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Creamy pasta with chicken and bacon

A wonderful pasta dish with chicken and bacon that you will love! The chicken is uniquely combined with the bacon and creamy sauce, creating an unforgettable pasta worth trying.

Preparation Time: 5'	Cooking Time:15'	Serves: 2 portions

Ingredients

• 1 chicken fillet cut into small pieces 
• 300 gr of pasta (any kind can be used, we used conchiglie pasta)
• 2 slices of bacon cut into small pieces (almost chopped)
• 300 ml milk cream or sour cream
• Parmesan to taste
• salt and pepper

Optional

• canned mushrooms 
• Sweet Curry powder for flavour 
• chopped parsley or baby tomatoes for garnish 

Method

• Boil the pasta according to the instructions 
• In a medium saucepan, add a little oil and add the chicken and mushrooms and fry over medium heat.
• add bacon
• Once the chicken is golden brown on all sides, add the sour cream and parmesan and stir.
• Add salt and pepper and continue stirring.
• Remove the pan from the heat and let it sit with the rest of the ingredients.
• Add the spaghetti and mix
• Serve with fresh parsley or chopped tomato

Bon Appétit!

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Julie & Julia

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Chicken Curry

Crispy and juicy chicken fillet with aromatic curry and herbs. A delicious recipe for chicken with a rich sauce, quick and slightly spicy.

Preparation Time: 10'	Cooking Time: 20'	Serves: 4 portions

Ingredients

• 1 kg of chicken breast
• 1 dried onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• parsley
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon curry
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon coriander
• 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• salt to taste
• olive oil
• 1/2 lemon
• 200 gr. yoghurt
• 1 bay leaf
• 3-4 fresh onions

Method

• cut the chicken into small pieces
• chop the fresh and dried onion and garlic
• in a saucepan add a little oil and add the fresh and dried onion and garlic until golden
• add the chicken and cook for 5 minutes
• add the parsley and tomato paste, stirring until the paste dissolves
• add water, cover the ingredients, and spices, curry, cinnamon, coriander, sweet paprika, cayenne pepper, black pepper, sugar, salt and bay leaf
• lower the heat and cover for about 15 minutes
• after the chicken is cooked, add the lemon juice and yoghurt

Bon Appétit!

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Eat Pray Love

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Eat Pray Love

Eat Pray Love is an American biographical romantic drama film. It's base on Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir of the same name, starring Julia Roberts. Director Ryan Murphy undertook the cinematic transfer of the book which was released in the United States in August 2010.

A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".

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Movie Plot Liz Gilbert (Roberts) had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having - a husband, a house, a successful career - yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused, and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone, risking everything to change her life, embarking on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery. In her travels, she discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy; the power of prayer in India, and, finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace and balance of true love in Bali. As seen on IMDb

Cast

• Julia Roberts as Elizabeth "Liz" Gilbert
• Javier Bardem as Felipe, a Brazilian businessman Gilbert falls in love with on her journey
• James Franco as David, the man Gilbert has an intense relationship with while she is finalizing her divorce
• Richard Jenkins as Richard, a Texan Liz befriends at an Indian ashram
• Viola Davis as Delia Shiraz, Gilbert's best friend
• Billy Crudup as Steven, Gilbert's ex-husband
• Sophie Thompson as Corella, a woman at the Indian ashram
• Mike O'Malley as Andy Shiraz, Delia's husband
• Christine Hakim as Wayan, Gilbert's best friend in Indonesia
• Arlene Tur as Armenia
• Hadi Subiyanto as Ketut Liyer, Gilbert's advisor in Indonesia
• Gita Reddy as The Guru
• Tuva Novotny as Sofi, Gilbert's Swedish best friend in Rome
• Luca Argentero as Giovanni, Gilbert's Italian tutor and Sofi's love interest
• Rushita Singh as Tulsi, Liz's friend at the ashram who has an arranged marriage

Our Review

Liz (Julia Roberts) is too close to depression. She is not sure about her feelings and her marriage does not help her at all, since she does not offer anything in her attempt to find herself. She decides to get a divorce and enter a new, more difficult phase in her life, the one that will allow her to fill this constant gap she feels. First step, the relationship with a younger man. The second and most important step, a journey around the world that will help her calm down and finally find the element that is missing from building her personal happiness. She first travels to Italy wanting to taste good food, carefree life and of course to join the local culture, then the spirituality of Indian culture and ends up in the idyllic Bali. In her attempt to discover the source of her authenticity, she witnesses various theories and practices that will lead her to self-awareness.

Perhaps the beginning and end of every human being revolves around self-knowledge. Elizabeth Gilbert's autobiographical story seeks to show the long and arduous need of self for love, right thinking and completion. Spiritual 'resurrection' is fundamental and necessary.

The film offers several thrills, accompanied by an exquisite journey into the diversity and magic of the world. The film has strong moments. Also, the film is part of a spiritual teaching that leaves no one indifferent ...

Many of us would like to make this journey. So, somewhere in here we were also upset by the taste that we would like to travel us, in some way to the places where the film went... What is more intense than Indian culture and food? A strong taste that will bring us closer to the dream of a trip ... So try to watch the movie with a delicious chicken curry and rice in front of you ...


We wish you to enjoy both of our proposals. 

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Chicken Curry

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding

My Big Fat Greek Wedding is an independent romantic comedy film directed by Joel Zwick and written by Nia Vardalos, who also stars in the film as Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos, a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with non-Greek upper-middle-class White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Ian Miller. The film was released in 2002.

A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.

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Movie Plot Toula Portokalos is 30, Greek, and works in her family's restaurant, Dancing Zorba's, in Chicago. All her father Gus wants is for her to get married to a nice Greek boy. But Toula is looking for more in life. Her mother convinces Gus to let her take some computer classes at college (making him think it's his idea). With those classes under her belt, she then takes over her aunt's travel agency (again making her father think it's his idea). She meets Ian Miller, a high school English teacher, WASP, and dreamboat she had made a fool of herself over at the restaurant; they date secretly for a while before her family finds out. Her father is livid over her dating a non-Greek. He has to learn to accept Ian; Ian has to learn to accept Toula's huge family, and Toula has to learn to accept herself. As seen on IMDb

Cast

• Nia Vardalos as Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos
• John Corbett as Ian Miller
• Lainie Kazan as Maria Portokalos
• Michael Constantine as Costas "Gus" Portokalos
• Andrea Martin as Aunt Voula
• Louis Mandylor as Nikos "Nick" Portokalos
• Gia Carides as Cousin Nikki
• Gerry Mendicino as Uncle Taki
• Joey Fatone as Cousin Angelo
• Bess Meisler as Yiayia (Grandma)
• Stavroula Logothettis as Athena Portokalos
• Ian Gomez as Mike, Ian's best man
• Bruce Gray as Rodney Miller
• Fiona Reid as Harriet Miller
• Jayne Eastwood as Mrs White
• Arielle Sugarman as Paris Miller

Our Review

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Gemista

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Gemista

The best Greek recipe with rice stuffing. Fasting food without meat suitable for Vegetarian and Vegans. You should try it!

Preparation Time: 20'	Cooking Time:90'	Serves: 6 portions

Recipe Ingredients:

• 6 large tomatoes
• 3 medium fresh eggplants
• 3 green peppers
• 1 zucchini coarsely ground
• 12 tbsp. steaky rice
• 2 chopped onions
• 1 -1/3 cup olive oil
• 1 small bunch of chopped parsley
• 1 small bunch of fresh chopped mint
• 1 tbsp. sugar
• a pinch of cumin
• salt
• freshly ground pepper

Method:

• For the most beautiful stuffed rice vegetables, wash all the vegetables and open them. Cut 1 slice of each tomato (to keep it together with the tomato we do not completely separate) and with a spoon we empty its crumb, taking care to leave some flesh in the peel so that they do not open later in the filling and baking. Keep the tomato crumb for the sauce. Grind it in a blender.
• Sprinkle each tomato with a little salt and a little sugar. We turn them upside down on a tray, letting their liquids go.
• Cut 1 slice from the top of the pepper and remove the seeds and their white part.
• Cut 1 thin slice from the back of the eggplant so that they sit well in the pan.
• We also remove a slice from the stalk and with a spoon, we empty its crumb and chop it finely. First, grind the tomato sauce in a blender. Keep 1/2 of the ground tomato for the end of the recipe.
• In a deep frying pan, heat 1/2 cup. of the total olive oil and sauté the chopped onion for 2-3 ′. Add the zucchini and eggplant crumbs and sauté for 2-3 minutes, to wither, add the rice. Pour over 1/2 of the ground tomato and 1 tbsp. water. Add salt and pepper and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove the filling from the heat. Sprinkle with chopped herbs. The filling should be quite juicy when we fill the vegetables.
• Fill each vegetable up to 3/4, because it will swell the rice by baking. Put the lids and place them in a deep pan, close to each other.
• Ιn a bowl, whisk the remaining ground tomatoes with the remaining 1 cup olive oil. Add salt and pepper and pour over the pan with a spoon. Finally, add the sugar and sprinkle with the stuffing. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 ° C on the resistors, the first half-hour covered with kitchen foil. Then, remove and continue baking, which lasts a total of 1 hour and 15΄.

Serve hot or cold with Greek feta or yogurt!! They are amazing the next day at room temperature!
Enjoy- KALI OREXI !!

DON'T FORGET TO SERVE GEMISTA WITH GREEK YOGURT!!!

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding

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