Be Like Julie: Cook From Julia

Julia Child dinner party

Meryl Streep as Julia Child
(Images courtesy of Julie & Julia from Sony Pictures, in theaters August 7th)

Take a page out of Julie Powell’s book and throw your own Julia Child–inspired dinner party, with recipes straight out of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Blog about your dinner or add pictures of your dishes, menus—even your sauce-covered kitchen!—to our Flickr pool and be entered to win Julia Child’s entire oeuvre. This includes Mastering the Art of French Cooking, My Life in France, Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home, The Way to Cook, and Julia’s Kitchen Wisdom. Williams-Sonoma is even throwing in a Le Creuset French oven, like the featured in Julie & Julia, and Bon Appétit will supply a one-year gift subscription and autographed copies of the 50th Anniversary Bon Appetit Cookbook and The Bon Appétit Fast Easy Fresh Cookbook. In short: these prizes will transform your kitchen into a culinary paradise.

The Be Like Julie: Cook From Julia contest begins July 14, 2009, and final submissions are due by 11:59 pm (Eastern Daylight Time) on August 15, 2009.

Official Contest Rules & Regulations

BE LIKE JULIE: COOK FROM JULIA
Sponsored by Alfred A. Knopf
A division of Random House, Inc. (“Random House”)

I. HOW TO ENTER

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Upload pictures of your Julia Child-inspired dishes, menu, and table settings to our Flickr pool or post a URL to a blog post about your Julia Child dinner party as a comment to this post for a chance to win a Le Creuset 8-quart French oven, a one-year gift subscription to Bon Appétit, and a copy each of the original 50th Anniversary Bon Appetit Cookbook, The Bon Appétit Fast Easy Fresh Cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, My Life in France, Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home, The Way to Cook, and Julia’s Kitchen Wisdom. The contest begins July 14, 2009, and final submissions are due by 11:59 pm (Eastern Daylight Time) on August 15, 2009.

II. ELIGIBILITY
Contest is open to legal residents of the United States who are at least 18 years of age on July 14, 2009. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Void wherever prohibited or restricted by law. Employees of Random House Inc., and its parent companies, subsidiaries or affiliates, and their immediate families and persons living in their household are not eligible to enter this contest.

III. PRIZES
One (1) winner will receive one (1) copy each of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, My Life in France, Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home, The Way to Cook, and Julia’s Kitchen Wisdom, all by Julia Child, as well as a one-year gift subscription to Bon Appétit, the 50th Anniversary Bon Appétit Cookbook, and The Bon Appétit Fast Easy Fresh Cookbook. The winner will also receive one (1) Le Creuset 8-quart French oven in flame from Williams-Sonoma. Approximate retail value of the package is $539 (five hundred and thirty-nine US Dollars).

IV. WINNER
Winner will be chosen on or around August 16, 2009, from all eligible entries received by the Knopf Department within the Entry Deadline. Entries will be judged by the Knopf Marketing Department staff, whose decisions are final, and the prize will be awarded on the basis of originality, style, and creativity. The winner will be notified on or around August 17, 2009 by email, mail or telephone and may be required to sign and return affidavit(s) of eligibility and release of liability within 10 days of notification. A noncompliance within that time period or the return of any notification as undeliverable will result in disqualification and the selection of an alternate winner. In the event of any other noncompliance with rules and conditions, prizes may be awarded to an alternate winner. Taxes, if any, are the winner’s sole responsibility. RANDOM HOUSE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SUBSTITUTE PRIZES OF EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE IF PRIZES, AS STATED ABOVE, BECOME UNAVAILABLE.

V. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS
By participating, Winner agrees that Random House, Inc. and its parent company, assigns, subsidiaries or affiliates will have no liability whatsoever, and will be held harmless by Winner for any liability for any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind to person, including death, and property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the acceptance, possession, misuse, or use of the prize, or participation in this contest. Random House assumes no responsibility for any error; omission; interruption; deletion; defect; delay in operation or transmission; communications-line failure; or the theft destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of entries. Random House is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines; computer online systems, servers, or providers; computer equipment or software; or failure of e-mail or entry on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site or combination thereof, including injury or damage to the participant’s or to any person’s computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials from this Web site or contest. By entering the contest, participants are consenting to the use of their name for publicity and promotional purposes on behalf of Random House with no additional compensation or further permission (except where prohibited by law).

VI: WINNERS LIST
For the name of the winner, available after August 15, 2009, please send a stamped, self addressed envelope to: Cook From Julia Contest, 1745 Broadway, Mail Drop 21-3, New York, NY 10019.

VII: GOVERNING LAW
All disputes and questions regarding the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of any participant or the Sponsor, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than New York. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. If any such provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, these Official Rules shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or unenforceable provision was not contained therein.