Julie and Julia. This is a food story of two women. One of the stars in Meryl Streep is Yimei, who just won the Golden Globe Lifetime Achievement Award and was nominated for an Oscar for this film. In the play, she plays a real American chef, Julia Child. This is one of the most popular TV chefs in America. 196 1 Mastering the Art of French Cooking, which was finally published after more than ten years' efforts, has been reprinted in the 47th edition and is the best-selling cookbook in the United States. Julie, a young and depressed white-collar worker in new york, decided to spend a year practicing all 524 dishes in Julia's first cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and write a blog to record her daily progress.