Hey Julia

This week, I finally finished reading “My Life In France” by Julia Child & Alex Prud’Homme. It was quite the delightful read. Not knowing much about the legendary Mrs. Child (beyond the common knowledge of her tv show and Dan Akroyd SNL skit), I learned that she was one of the most positive, humble, and full of life people I have ever read about. The book chronicled Julia’s most formative and exciting years of her life; those she spent living in France during the late 1940’s and 50’s with her husband Paul Child. In those years, she fell in love with France and it was where she developed her passion and curiosity for the cuisine which eventually made its way back to the U.S. and onto our television screens.

Enough about the book – which I am explicitly recommending- and back to my point. In the book, Julia’s first French culinary adventure begins with a dish she continuously references throughout her life: Sole Meuniere, which is sole filets in butter. This classic French dish begins with flour dredged sole sauteed in a butter sauce and finished with lemon [and parsley].

I did not set out to make this dish tonight for dinner. In fact, at the market this evening I was looking for tilapia or sea bass to take home. But alas, red snapper was on sale and jumped out at me. I brought home the snapper filets, looked in the pantry for a dish idea, and ended up snagging the flour! Then the butter! And the lemon! And I quickly realized what I was doing- my subconscious was telling me to make Sole Meuniere [actually- Red Snapper Meuniere].

I won’t post the details of this recipe, b/c I just winged it with “My Life in France” in the back of my mind. Here are some photos though.