And she was right. She and I had been sautéing mushrooms incorrectly since our first sauté. That is, until we met Julia Child; Julie, through her blog and self-imposed goal of getting through MASTERING THE ART of FRENCH COOKING, and I through Nora Ephron's adaptation of Julie Powell's blog.
The simplicity of Julia's technique speaks to its brilliance. Butter, oil, mushrooms. That's it. The key is the method. The butter and oil are heated and when the foam subsides, the mushrooms are added. Through the workings and mysteries of science, they absorb the fat and when they are ready...they release it....It is a beautiful thing. Trust it. They are not watery. They are not steamed. They are only delicious.
There is much more to say about Julia Child, the people she knew, the places she lived, the letters she wrote; but for now, let's leave it with Champignons Sautés Au Beurre on page 513 of MASTERING THE ART of FRENCH COOKING.
Works Cited
Child, Julia, Simone Beck, and Louisette Bertholle. Mastering the Art of French Cooking. 40. anniversary ed. ed. New York: Knopf, 2001. Web.
Julie & Julia. Dir. Ephron, Nora. Perf. Streep, Meryl, and Amy Adams. Sony Pictures, 2009. Wide Screen.
Powell, Julia. Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously. 1st ed. New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 2006. Web. March 19, 2016.
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