her blog was dreadful

I didn't read the book/blog, so thanks for posting that. The portrayal may have been more likable, but she was still came off as utterly clueless, self-deluded and self-centered -- to me, at least. I was recently described as a "food snob" because I think it's strange to want to put ketchup on a $100 steak. I am enough of a snob to have cooked some of those recipes, and I was horrified to see her and her husband whacking at a Reine de Saba -- an amazing chocolate cake that has a fudge-like center, grading to a dense brownie texture and finally to a light cake on the outside. If you remember the scene, they were hacking at it from the outside in. It showed no respect for the food.

When it got to the end of the movie, I wondered if it had been badly made. It seemed as if the director was unconscious of this bratty little monster she'd created. Then it hit me that the Nora Ephron was giving us more credit than many writers and directors do -- she simply told the story and let us figure it out for ourselves.

If she was that horrible in her blog, that makes this movie even more of a masterpiece of subtlety. Usually a writer/director wouldn't give us any credit and would beat us over the head with her obnoxiousness.