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Julia Child quotes: You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients. You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.
Julia Child quotes: I was a Republican until I got to New York and had to live on $18 a week. It was then that I became a Democrat. I was a Republican until I got to New York and had to live on $18 a week. It was then that I became a Democrat.
Julia Child quotes: Small helpings, no seconds, no snacking, and a little bit of everything. - Julia Child Small helpings, no seconds, no snacking, and a little bit of everything. - Julia Child
Julia Child quotes: I was in pure, flavorful heaven at the Cordon Bleu. I was in pure, flavorful heaven at the Cordon Bleu.
Julia Child quotes: Tears mess up your makeup. Tears mess up your makeup.
Julia Child quotes: Pro-choice is the only way to be because women are human beings, after all, and should be treated as such. Pro-choice is the only way to be
because women are human beings, after all, and should be treated as such.
Julia Child quotes: This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook- try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all have fun! This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook- try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all have fun!
Julia Child quotes: You have to do it and do it, until you get it right. You have to do it and do it, until you get it right.
Julia Child quotes: Usually, one's cooking is better than one thinks it is. Usually, one's cooking is better than one thinks it is.
Julia Child quotes: Was it a sign of Creeping Decrepitude? Was it a sign of Creeping Decrepitude?
Julia Child quotes: There is nothing nicer than a kitchen really made for a cook. Things that are designed to be used always have an innate beauty. There is nothing nicer than a kitchen really made for a cook. Things that are designed to be used always have an innate beauty.
Julia Child quotes: I'm afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page. I'm afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page.
Julia Child quotes: We ought to enjoy our food, we ought to take time and care and prepare it correctly, and we ought to have fun doing it and make it a communal We ought to enjoy our food, we ought to take time and care and prepare it correctly, and we ought to have fun doing it and make it a communal event.
Julia Child quotes: You'll never know everything about anything, especially something you love. You'll never know everything about anything, especially something you love.
Julia Child quotes: I enjoy cooking with wine, sometimes I even put it in the food I'm cooking. I enjoy cooking with wine, sometimes I even put it in the food I'm cooking.
Julia Child quotes: The best way to execute French cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken. The best way to execute French cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken.
Julia Child quotes: The egg can be your best friend if you just give it the right break The egg can be your best friend if you just give it the right break
Julia Child quotes: Romance is the icing but love is the cake. Romance is the icing but love is the cake.
Julia Child quotes: I don't believe in twisting yourself into knots of excuses and explanations over the food you make. I don't believe in twisting yourself into knots of excuses and explanations over the food you make.
Julia Child quotes: It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it. It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.
Julia Child quotes: I was a romantic, messy thinker. I was raised with very conservative beliefs, but that was a long time ago. I was a romantic, messy thinker. I was raised with very conservative beliefs, but that was a long time ago.
Julia Child quotes: It's a shame to be caught up in something that doesn't absolutely make you tremble with joy. It's a shame to be caught up in something that doesn't absolutely make you tremble with joy.
Julia Child quotes: MODERATION.SMALL HELPINGS. SAMPLE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. THESE ARE THE SECRETS OF HAPPINESS AND GOOD HEALTH. MODERATION.SMALL HELPINGS. SAMPLE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. THESE ARE THE SECRETS OF HAPPINESS AND GOOD HEALTH.
Julia Child quotes: You learn to cook so that you don't have to be a slave to recipes. You get what's in season and you know what to do with it. You learn to cook so that you don't have to be a slave to recipes. You get what's in season and you know what to do with it.
Julia Child quotes: No one's more important than people. No one's more important than people.
Julia Child quotes: With enough butter, anything is good With enough butter, anything is good
Julia Child quotes: We are so bemused by our own petard, that we are unable to look at things objectively. We are so bemused by our own petard, that we are unable to look at things objectively.
Julia Child quotes: Had been a year earlier. Looking back, it had been a year of growth. Paul's personality had enlarged, he'd gained further wisdom, if not salary, Had been a year earlier. Looking back, it had been a year of growth. Paul's personality had enlarged, he'd gained further wisdom, if not salary,
Julia Child quotes: Sooner or later the public will forget you; the memory of you will fade. What's important are the individuals you've influenced along the way. Sooner or later the public will forget you; the memory of you will fade. What's important are the individuals you've influenced along the way.
Julia Child quotes: Food, like the people who eat it, can be stimulated by wine or spirits. And, as with people, it can also be spoiled. Food, like the people who eat it, can be stimulated by wine or spirits. And, as with people, it can also be spoiled.
Julia Child quotes: I'd like for people to be able to go to the universities and get a degree in fine arts-gastronomy. I'd like for people to be able to go to the universities and get a degree in fine arts-gastronomy.
Julia Child quotes: I was kind of an innocent hayseed from a middle-class, utterly nonintellectual background. I was kind of an innocent hayseed from a middle-class, utterly nonintellectual background.
Julia Child quotes: If you're afraid of butter, use cream. If you're afraid of butter, use cream.
Julia Child quotes: The tomato hides its griefs. Internal damage is hard to spot ... The tomato hides its griefs. Internal damage is hard to spot ...
Julia Child quotes: I fell in love with the public, the public fell in love with me, and I tried to keep it that way. I fell in love with the public, the public fell in love with me, and I tried to keep it that way.
Julia Child quotes: Cooking may be a creative art, but it's also a wonderful full-time hobby. Cooking may be a creative art, but it's also a wonderful full-time hobby.
Julia Child quotes: A cookbook is only as good as its poorest recipe. A cookbook is only as good as its poorest recipe.
Julia Child quotes: If you're in a good profession, it's hard to get bored, because you're never finished - there will always be work you haven't done. If you're in a good profession, it's hard to get bored, because you're never finished - there will always be work you haven't done.
Julia Child quotes: Fine # wine is a living liquid ... Its life comprises youth, maturity, old age, and death. Fine # wine is a living liquid ... Its life comprises youth, maturity, old age, and death.
Julia Child quotes: I wouldn't keep him around long if I didn't feed him well. I wouldn't keep him around long if I didn't feed him well.
Julia Child quotes: If you're not ready to fail, you're not going to learn how to cook. If you're not ready to fail, you're not going to learn how to cook.
Julia Child quotes: You must have discipline to have fun. You must have discipline to have fun.
Julia Child quotes: It's fun to get together and have something good to eat at least once a day. That's what human life is all about - enjoying things. It's fun to get together and have something good to eat at least once a day. That's what human life is all about - enjoying things.
Julia Child quotes: Just speak very loudly and quickly, and state your position with utter conviction, as the French do, and you'll have a marvelous time! Just speak very loudly and quickly, and state your position with utter conviction, as the French do, and you'll have a marvelous time!
Julia Child quotes: If you don't pick your audience, you're lost because you're not really talking to anybody. If you don't pick your audience, you're lost because you're not really talking to anybody.
Julia Child quotes: Cooking was taken with such seriousness in France that even ordinary chefs were proud of their profession. That's what appealed to me. Cooking was taken with such seriousness in France that even ordinary chefs were proud of their profession. That's what appealed to me.
Julia Child quotes: I love root vegetables: carrots, parsnips, and turnips. I love root vegetables: carrots, parsnips, and turnips.
Julia Child quotes: I never feel lonely in the kitchen. Food is very friendly. I never feel lonely in the kitchen. Food is very friendly.
Julia Child quotes: I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate. I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.
Julia Child quotes: The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time. The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.
Julia Child quotes: Operational proof ... it's all theory until you see for yourself whether or not something works. Operational proof ... it's all theory until you see for yourself whether or not something works.
Julia Child quotes: As you get older, you shouldn't waste time drinking bad wine. As you get older, you shouldn't waste time drinking bad wine.
Julia Child quotes: Our bodies hummed with contentment. Our bodies hummed with contentment.
Julia Child quotes: Without peanuts, it isn't a cocktail party. Without peanuts, it isn't a cocktail party.
Julia Child quotes: Anything that says 'healthy' I say away from ... Giving up butter, for instance, means that in about two years you will be covered in dandruff. Anything that says 'healthy' I say away from ... Giving up butter, for instance, means that in about two years you will be covered in dandruff.
Julia Child quotes: The shellfish thing is very scary. You have to know the people you buy from and exactly where their wholesalers are getting the fish from. The shellfish thing is very scary. You have to know the people you buy from and exactly where their wholesalers are getting the fish from.
Julia Child quotes: Once you have mastered a technique, you barely have to look at a recipe again Once you have mastered a technique, you barely have to look at a recipe again
Julia Child quotes: In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear. In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear.
Julia Child quotes: A house without a cat is like a day without sunshine, a pie without fromage, a dinner without wine. A house without a cat is like a day without sunshine, a pie without fromage, a dinner without wine.
Julia Child quotes: Nothing is too much trouble if it turns out the way it should. Nothing is too much trouble if it turns out the way it should.
Julia Child quotes: The main thing is to have a gutsy approach and use your head. The main thing is to have a gutsy approach and use your head.
Julia Child quotes: I would happily die with a bottle of white Burgundy in my mouth, I would happily die with a bottle of white Burgundy in my mouth,
Julia Child quotes: Celebrity has its uses. I can always get a seat in any restaurant. Source: Esquire Magazine, June 2000 original edition Celebrity has its uses. I can always get a seat in any restaurant.
Source: Esquire Magazine, June 2000 original edition
Julia Child quotes: People liked to eat veal until they saw pictures of these darling little animals with brown eyes. Veal calves been raised the same way for centuries. People liked to eat veal until they saw pictures of these darling little animals with brown eyes. Veal calves been raised the same way for centuries.
Julia Child quotes: Wine is one of the agreeable and essential ingredients of life Wine is one of the agreeable and essential ingredients of life
Julia Child quotes: I believe in red meat. I often said: red meat and gin. I believe in red meat. I often said: red meat and gin.
Julia Child quotes: People who are not interested in food always seem rather dry and unloving and don't have a real gusto for life. People who are not interested in food always seem rather dry and unloving and don't have a real gusto for life.
Julia Child quotes: In spite of food fads, fitness programs, and health concerns, we must never lose sight of a beautifully conceived meal. In spite of food fads, fitness programs, and health concerns, we must never lose sight of a beautifully conceived meal.
Julia Child quotes: If variety is the spice of life, then my life must be one of the spiciest you ever heard of. A curry of a life. -Paul Child If variety is the spice of life, then my life must be one of the spiciest you ever heard of. A curry of a life. -Paul Child
Julia Child quotes: I have trouble with toast. Toast is very difficult. You have to watch it all the time or it burns up. I have trouble with toast. Toast is very difficult. You have to watch it all the time or it burns up.
Julia Child quotes: A party without cake is really just a meeting. A party without cake is really just a meeting.
Julia Child quotes: Sometimes ... it takes me an entire day to write a recipe, to communicate it correctly. It's really like writing a little short story. Sometimes ... it takes me an entire day to write a recipe, to communicate it correctly. It's really like writing a little short story.
Julia Child quotes: I'm awfully sorry for people who are taken in by all of today's dietary mumbo jumbo. They are not getting any enjoyment out of their food. I'm awfully sorry for people who are taken in by all of today's dietary mumbo jumbo. They are not getting any enjoyment out of their food.
Julia Child quotes: As we say in the American Institute of Wine and Food, small helpings, no seconds. A little bit of everything. No snacking. And have a good time. As we say in the American Institute of Wine and Food, small helpings, no seconds. A little bit of everything. No snacking. And have a good time.
Julia Child quotes: Cooking well doesn't mean cooking fancy. Cooking well doesn't mean cooking fancy.
Julia Child quotes: My father was in charge of managing the farm. My father was in charge of managing the farm.
Julia Child quotes: Of course, an old wine is like an old lady, and traveling can disturb her. Of course, an old wine is like an old lady, and traveling can disturb her.
Julia Child quotes: I love to teach - that's my role. I love to teach - that's my role.
Julia Child quotes: She was my first cat ever, and I thought she was marvelous. She was my first cat ever, and I thought she was marvelous.
Julia Child quotes: I think every woman should have a blowtorch. I think every woman should have a blowtorch.
Julia Child quotes: Someone may offer you a freshly caught whole large fish, like a salmon or striped bass. Don't panic - take it! Someone may offer you a freshly caught whole large fish, like a salmon or striped bass. Don't panic - take it!
Julia Child quotes: But I was a pure romantic, and only operating with half my burners turned on. But I was a pure romantic, and only operating with half my burners turned on.
Julia Child quotes: You are the butter to my bread,and the breath to my life You are the butter to my bread,and the breath to my life
Julia Child quotes: Cooking hasn't yet been accepted as the art form it is. It should be on the level with any of the other art forms. Cooking hasn't yet been accepted as the art form it is. It should be on the level with any of the other art forms.
Julia Child quotes: If it weren't for Julia Child, I might never have moved past brown rice and tofu. Worse, I might still be afraid of being less than perfect. If it weren't for Julia Child, I might never have moved past brown rice and tofu. Worse, I might still be afraid of being less than perfect.
Julia Child quotes: You don't spring into good cooking naked. You have to have some training. You have to learn how to eat. You don't spring into good cooking naked. You have to have some training. You have to learn how to eat.
Julia Child quotes: A party without cake is just a meeting A party without cake is just a meeting
Julia Child quotes: Mastering the Art of French Cooking ... doesn't mean it has to be fancy cooking, although it can be as elaborate as you wish. Mastering the Art of French Cooking ... doesn't mean it has to be fancy cooking, although it can be as elaborate as you wish.
Julia Child quotes: Well, all I know is this - nothing you ever learn is really wasted, and will sometime be used. Well, all I know is this - nothing you ever learn is really wasted, and will sometime be used.
Julia Child quotes: It's hard to imagine a civilization without onions; in one form or another their flavor blends into almost everything in the meal except the desert. It's hard to imagine a civilization without onions; in one form or another their flavor blends into almost everything in the meal except the desert.
Julia Child quotes: Never apologize for your cooking. Never apologize for your cooking.
Julia Child quotes: The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It's doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile. The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It's doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile.
Julia Child quotes: Freshness is essential. That makes all the difference. Freshness is essential. That makes all the difference.
Julia Child quotes: Fat gives things flavor. Fat gives things flavor.
Julia Child quotes: You never forget a beautiful thing that you have made,' [Chef Bugnard] said. 'Even after you eat it, it stays with you - always. You never forget a beautiful thing that you have made,' [Chef Bugnard] said. 'Even after you eat it, it stays with you - always.
Julia Child quotes: Eating is the secret to good cooking. Eating is the secret to good cooking.
Julia Child quotes: We had a happy marriage because we were together all the time. We were friends as well as husband and wife. We just had a good time. We had a happy marriage because we were together all the time. We were friends as well as husband and wife. We just had a good time.
Julia Child quotes: We hit it off immediately, especially Helene, who was a 'swallow-life-in-big-gulps' kind of person. We hit it off immediately, especially Helene, who was a 'swallow-life-in-big-gulps' kind of person.
Julia Child quotes: I could at times be overly emotional, but was lucky to have the kind of orderly mind that is good at categorizing things I could at times be overly emotional, but was lucky to have the kind of orderly mind that is good at categorizing things
Julia Child quotes: The dinner hour is a sacred, happy time when everyone should be together and relaxed. The dinner hour is a sacred, happy time when everyone should be together and relaxed.

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