why does it have to start with mayonnaise..?

Beautiful cover, awesome introduction by the author, EVEN a great movie-adaption; Julie and Julia, (you know that movie with Amy Adams as a newbie-chef/blogger that gains a cult following and a love for life and "cooking dangerously" and food and Julia's life and everything else good in life?), yes...that one. I started THAT book today - little did I know it would start with mayonnaise...

" Mayonnaise, like hollandaise, is a process of forcing egg yolks to

 absorb a fatt substance, oil in this case,

and to hold it in think and creamy suspension."

--Mastering the Art of French Cooking...

"It's hard to make mayonnaise by trial and error."

--The Joy of Sex

Yes, that is indeed how it begins. Did I know where it was going from there? No. Did I have to stop reading for a while in hopes that I wouldn't begin to gag? Hell yes. Seriously! Starting off with MAYO??! That stuff makes me creeeeep all over. It's a ridiculous fear of mine; yes, fear. Not a weird food that I don't have the acquired taste for - it makes me want to gag, turn and run, and sometimes even blow up buildings...all at the same time. I will never make mayonnaise, not ever.

And it left me asking; "How the hell does 'The Joy of Sex' fit into this?"

I guess I'll find out. I'm going to go read now....here's the link to the ORIGINAL Julie/Julia Project - the blog that started it all.