{"id":3500,"date":"2014-08-24T00:01:51","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T06:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3500"},"modified":"2014-08-24T09:19:55","modified_gmt":"2014-08-24T15:19:55","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-394-featuring-julie-morstad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3500","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #394: Featuring Julie Morstad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“When Julia was very little, she had a splendid meal of sole meuni\u00e8re. And that was that. Julia fell in love with French food. She loved to eat French food.
And she especially loved to cook it.”<\/em>
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\nI think this is the first time I’ve featured the illustrations of Julie Morstad<\/a><\/strong> here at 7-Imp (oh wait, I have some of her art here<\/a><\/strong> from back in 2012). I always like to see her artwork, and her latest illustrated picture book is Kyo Maclear’s<\/a><\/strong> Julia, Child<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, released by Tundra Books in July. <\/p>\n

The book is pure fiction. As Maclear writes in an opening note:<\/p>\n

While the story contains no true knowledge of (the real) Julia Child and should be taken with a grain of salt and perhaps even a generous pat of butter, we hope that you will find something here to savor.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It tells the story of Julia and her friend Simca. Simca would be French cookbook and author Simone Beck<\/a><\/strong>, who once worked and wrote with Child (Mastering the Art of French Cooking<\/em>). <\/p>\n

This book imagines a childhood friendship and two girls who work to bring cheer and imagination into the lives of the adults around them with their cooking. Noting that “too many grown-ups … did not know how to have a marvelous time,” they set out to create recipes for them. It works for the poor, tired, harried adults — until they begin to argue. The girls then decide to make smaller portions for the grown-ups, “just enough to feed the sensible children from whom these senseless grown-ups grew.” The cookbook they create here? Mastering the Art of Childhood<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Morstad used gouache, ink, and Photoshop to create the illustrations. Oh! And don’t miss Jama Rattigan’s July chat with author Kyo Maclear here<\/a><\/strong> at her site, Jama’s Alphabet Soup<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Here’s a bit more art. Enjoy. <\/p>\n

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“On weekends, she and her friend Simca would shop at the market
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“…They cooked extra slowly to bring out the flavor of not hurrying. They used delicate spices so that worries would disappear and wonders would rise to the surface.”<\/em>
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JULIA, CHILD. Text copyright \u00a9 2014 by Kyo Maclear. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2014 by Julie Morstad. Illustrations used by permission of the publisher, Tundra Books, Toronto, Ontario.<\/em><\/p>\n

Note for any new readers: 7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks is a weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. New kickers are always welcome. <\/p>\n

* * * Jules’ Kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font>
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1)<\/strong><\/font> Julie Morstad illustrated one of my favorite CDs EVER<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

2)<\/strong><\/font> My husband’s been working hard, doing some much-needed maintenance on 7-Imp. Whew. It’s still here, and thank goodness he knows his tech stuff. <\/p>\n

3)<\/strong><\/font> As I’m typing, I’m listening to All Songs 24\/7<\/a><\/strong>, and they are currently playing a wonderful Broken Bells<\/a><\/strong> song I’ve never heard. <\/p>\n

4)<\/strong><\/font> Sam Phillips<\/a><\/strong> sent her fans a new song this week. Well, it was created last year, but anyway, it’s downloadable here<\/a><\/strong> now. Only Sam could make a song about a rock beautiful. <\/p>\n

5)<\/strong><\/font> Visiting Little Willow’s site!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

6)<\/strong><\/font> Getting to hear Jon Scieszka<\/a><\/strong> speak in Nashville this week. Also this this this this this this<\/a><\/strong>. Every word of this. YES. I wish every teacher and librarian in the country would read that. <\/p>\n

7)<\/strong><\/font> This write-up<\/a><\/strong> about Sonya Hartnett, one of my favorite writers. <\/p>\n

What are YOUR<\/font><\/strong> kicks this week? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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