A more expensive burger when everyone is losing their job...brilliant!

Sometimes companies have really good ideas. When the Mars company decided to give away chocolate to 250,000 people every Friday, I cheered. I mean what do people in a poor economy need? free chocolate, of course!!!

Unfortunately for every good idea there is a bad idea. McDonalds made an Angus burger with an Angus worthy price tag of $3.99 for just the burger. Now I don't know about you but I don't go to McDs for quality food; I go when I need cheap food. If the food were good and cheap that would be a perk, but that's why I go to Wendys which is a little higher on the fast food chain in my eyes. Even Wendys is jumping on the expensive burger train unfortunately. Yesterday the Wendys execs announced that they will be launching a "premium bacon cheeseburger." When the president of Wendys was questioned about the silliness of offering expensive burgers during a recession he claimed that value was not "defined by $1 price points." I wonder how much this guys makes.

Tonight I was prepping by myself in the back of the kitchen. On nights like these I have a lot of time to think. I wish I would have had this fast food news to consider. I was busy considering what makes someone an important chef. While picking the basil leaves off the plants, my aunts, mom and I were bantering about everything and my Titi Stella brought up Julia Childs. She had just been watching on the old episodes on tv and was laughing at what a horrid cook Julia was.

I believe it was a yule log my Titi was watching Julia make. She said that she had the log and the icing and was about to frost it. Julia went to frost the yule log and half of the cake came up with the frosting. Julia went "oops" and started patting the icing back on the cake. I now know why Julia Childs holds a special place in my heart. Just ask Rob (you remember the sous chef at the country club I work at), I tend to mess things up every now and then. He tends to be the one to help me fix them which is why I say to ask him. I mean if someone like Julia can go down in food history why can't I.

So back to me thinking. There are many famous chefs. Some are famous because they are excellent cooks, some are jerks, some are fun to watch, and a few others just seem normal enough that they make you believe you can cook. I feel like Julia Childs was one of these chefs. She wasn't perfect, but she liked to cook.

My mom and I have a date on Monday to go see Julie and Julia the new movie about Julia Childs and a blogger of all things. I am actually quite excited about this. I will let you all know how amazing it is. Maybe you should stop spending your money on the premium burgers at McDonalds this week so you can save up and go see the movie to. I have a feeling it will be worth it, and your arteries will thank you.

Happy Eating!!!

Emily