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It’s been quite awhile since I posted a Bon App\u00e9tit challenge recipe – I’ve been so caught up with the new blog design, joining\u00a0OC Family magazine<\/a>, blogger events, social networking at tweetups, and then the Holidays – it’s been a whirlwind! \u00a0In case you’re a new reader, the Bon App\u00e9tit challenge began after I saw the movie Julie & Julia.<\/p>\n What I remember most about Julia Child was Dan Aykroyd’s memorable Saturday Night Live skit<\/a>, for when she began cooking shows I was a mere ingenue and too busy \u00a0partying<\/span> working towards my Business degree\u00a0in college. \u00a0Of course, Meryl Streep was brilliant and, even though the Julie Powell character was widely panned by audiences as boring, I felt that it underscored Julia Child’s legacy as a classic of the culinary arts and continued relevance even in today’s celebrity chef, cooking as spectator sport era.<\/p>\n Contemplating the movie afterwards, I was struck with the idea of challenging myself to cook the cover recipes of all the Bon App\u00e9tit magazines I have saved over the years. Not only would this give me plenty of worthy material to write about on my blog; it would also make excellent use of those stacks of magazines – some dated to 1990 folks! (Fortunately, I did part with a few over the years.)<\/p>\n Anyway, past Bon App\u00e9tit challenges have included \u00a0Chicken Mattone (Chicken Under a Brick), Five-Spice Apple Pie, Mario Batali’s Chicken Parmesan, Pork Tenderloins with Cranberry-Port Sauce<\/a> and, most recently, Brown-Sugar Cured Turkey<\/a>. \u00a0The first three are from my previous blog platform and I’ll repost them in the days to come – so please check back. \u00a0The Chicken Under a Brick was especially fun to cook.<\/p>\n