{"product_id":"cleaving","title":"Cleaving","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulie Powell''s\u003ci\u003e Julie \u0026amp; Julia \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eis the story of the culinary blogging sensation that inspired the hit film.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulie Powell spent a year cooking her way through Julia Child''s impossible\u003ci\u003e Mastering the Art of French Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e. Her experiences were recorded in the hilarious bestselling book and film \u003ci\u003eJulie and Julia\u003c\/i\u003e. But what she did next took even adventurous Julie by surprise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe trained as a butcher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApprenticed at Fleisher''s, she cut, chopped, hammered, sliced and cleaved her way through herds of meat; got splattered in gore; grew big muscles; and showed she has what it tool to make it as a woman in a man''s world. At the same time she embarked on a passionate, red-blooded affair that threatened her marriage, and, at times, her sanity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A remarkable confessional of butchery and adultery''  \u003ci\u003eHarper''s Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Highly readable . . . beautiful writing, effortlessly filling pages with virtuoso descriptions of animal slaughter and human travail''  \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Powell makes you see how butchery might be enjoyable, even cathartic''  \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulie Powell started to entertain readers on her infamous blog, on which she pledged to cook all the recipes from Julia Child''s iconic cookbook \u003ci\u003eMastering the Art of French Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e. The blog achieved a dedicated following and, as a result of this, it evolved into \u003ci\u003eJulie \u0026amp; Julia\u003c\/i\u003e - a novel which connects Julie''s blog to a reworking of Julia Child''s biography. \u003ci\u003eJulie \u0026amp; Julia\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted for film by Nora Ephron in 2009 and starred Meryl Streep and Amy Adams.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57466579911029,"sku":"9780141041957","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780141041957.jpg?v=1785654637","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/cleaving","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}