Julie and Julia by Julie Powell

Julie Powell's life is full of disappointments. She's nearing 30, she learns that she will have difficulty conceiving, she's working as a temp for a nameless government agency and she realizes that there's no meaning in her life. Then she takes on The Project. She decides to cook her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking and chronicling her journey in a blog. Julie and Julia is funny and full of lots of cussing for what is basically mid-life crisis/ food porn. But readable, funny, believable, and if they made the movie like the book even guys will enjoy this chick flick because it marries food/ love/ sex all together in one story. It's also a great read for anyone who has had a sucky job at some point in their life - and isn't that most everyone!