How to Sing Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking — openculture.com

Though she had no tender feelings for Julie Powell’s Julia/Julie blog, I like to think Julia Child wouldn’t have been entirely displeased by the Bushwick Book Club’s efforts to musicalize Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Child’s two volume labor of love (and the inspiration for Powell’s celebrated blog). The “club,” a free floating, discussion-free group of New York City-based singer-songwriters, started in 2009, when Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions was celebrated with music and thematic drink specials. In the ensuing half-decade, they’ve met monthly to wrestle with such titles as The Great Gatsby, Madame Bovary and Dolly Parton’s autobiography.

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