Teaching Imperial and Metric Measurement Using the "Julie and Julia" Movie

Julie and Julia, the movie, is a fabulous dual story of two women's lives 50 years apart, one in Queens, U.S.A. and the other in Paris, France. Both women undertake a journey of cooking and writing about their experiences. How does this relate to Math, you ask? Well, it's all about conversions. Julie Powell used imperial measurements while Julia Child used metric measurements. Add to this the fact that Julia Child, while in France, was writing a cookbook for American housewives so had to translate from French into English and convert from metric to imperial measurements. The film chronicles their challenges in two different eras, one blogging online, the other writing a hardcopy cookbook. Different times, similar dilemmas!