In early August 2009 my wife and I went to see the movie Julie & Julia, a movie about how Julia Child entered the cooking profession and is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell. In 1963 Julia Childs began her television cooking show. Julie wanted to recreate all Julia Childs' recipes so she developed her own blog in which she daily described her efforts to cook each one on Julia's signature recipes. As described in the movie, Julie's blog became quite a sensation attracting many avid followers. After the movie, I began to think about developing my own blog which would provide advice and...