I
recently listened to – and enjoyed – the audiobook version of the memoir, Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1
Tiny Apartment Kitchen. It’s the story of Julie Powell, an aspiring
actress who works in an unfulfilling temp. secretary job and who struggles for
some direction in her life as she approaches her 30th birthday.
project of cooking every recipe in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Her hope is to use cooking as a therapeutic
method that will save her soul and rescue her life. She shares her progress in a blog which soon
becomes wildly popular and generates an offer from Little, Brown and Company to
write a book about the project. Powell’s
Julie & Julia has sold over 100,000
copies.
Recipe Copyright Issues in Julie & Julia
It’s
a professional hazard of entertainment attorneys to contemplate rights issues
as we watch movies, read books, and view other means of media. The first rights question occurring to the
reader might be the use of Julia Child’s recipes in Julie Powell’s blog and
book.