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You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients. — Julia Child

It was fun, although we felt like pawns, or prawns, in the maelstrom. — Julia Child

Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet. — Julia Child

Good french cooking cannot be produced by a zombie cook. — Julia Child

Small helpings, no seconds, no snacking, and a little bit of everything. - Julia Child — Julia Child

I was in pure, flavorful heaven at the Cordon Bleu. — Julia Child

I'm very much for making everything safe. The more natural the means we use to raise our vegetables and get rid of bugs, the better. — Julia Child

I'm a beet freak. I put them in the pressure cooker. — Julia Child

Pro-choice is the only way to be
because women are human beings, after all, and should be treated as such. — Julia Child

You have to do it and do it, until you get it right. — Julia Child

Was it a sign of Creeping Decrepitude? — Julia Child

I'm particularly fortunate to be in a position where I can bring my child to work and be able to get good child care. Not a lot of women have that. — Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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

I'm afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page. — Julia Child

The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude. — Julia Child

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

Lesson: Never underestimate a woman. Or a chef. — Gwenda Bond

It's easy to get the feeling that you know the language just because when you order a beer they don't bring you oysters. (Paul Child) — Julia Child

You'll never know everything about anything, especially something you love. — Julia Child

I enjoy cooking with wine, sometimes I even put it in the food I'm cooking. — Julia Child

I don't believe in twisting yourself into knots of excuses and explanations over the food you make. — Julia Child

I was a romantic, messy thinker. I was raised with very conservative beliefs, but that was a long time ago. — Julia Child

I'm a poster child for Luddites. It was a challenge for me to open myself up the tech world. — Julia Butterfly Hill

Any disaster is a learning process. — Julia Child

If Carl Hiaasen and Donald Westlake had a literary love child, he would be Timothy Hallinan. — Julia Spencer-Fleming

We hit it off immediately, especially Helene, who was a 'swallow-life-in-big-gulps' kind of person. — Julia Child

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

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

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

Forget the cheap white wine: go to beef and gin! — Julia Child

The dinner hour is a sacred, happy time when everyone should be together and relaxed. — Julia Child

There is nothing worse than grilled vegetables. — Julia Child

Fat gives things flavor. — Julia Child

I remember when I was in college, I used to watch Julia Child's cooking show during dinner and joke with my roommates about becoming a TV chef. — Martin Yan

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

Freshness is essential. That makes all the difference. — Julia Child

The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It's doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile. — Julia Child

Eating is the secret to good cooking. — Julia Child

Cooking is one failure after another, and that's how you finally learn. — Julia Child

I still feel that French cooking is the most important in the world, one of the few that has rules. If you follow the rules, you can do pretty well. — Julia Child

Someone may offer you a freshly caught whole large fish, like a salmon or striped bass. Don't panic - take it! — Julia Child

But I was a pure romantic, and only operating with half my burners turned on. — Julia Child

You are the butter to my bread,and the breath to my life — Julia Child

Wine is meant to be with food - that's the point of it. — Julia Child

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

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

You don't spring into good cooking naked. You have to have some training. You have to learn how to eat. — Julia Child

I'm not a chef. I think in this country, we use the term very loosely. I'm a cook and a teacher. — Julia Child

I think every woman should have a blowtorch. — Julia Child

A party without cake is just a meeting — Julia Child

I didn't start cooking until I was thirty-two. Until then, I just ate. - Julia Child — Kathleen Flinn

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

In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport. — Julia Child

I love good, fresh food cooked by someone who knows what he's doing. — Julia Child

Well, all I know is this - nothing you ever learn is really wasted, and will sometime be used. — Julia Child

Don't try to 'fix' the child's boredom - rather, let the child find his or her inner resources. — Julia Cameron

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

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

The waiters carried themselves with a quiet joy, as if their entire mission in life was to make their customers feel comfortable and well tended. — Julia Child

In spite of food fads, fitness programs, and health concerns, we must never lose sight of a beautifully conceived meal. — Julia Child

In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear. — Julia Child

I have trouble with toast. Toast is very difficult. You have to watch it all the time or it burns up. — Julia Child

It seemed that in Paris you could discuss classic literature or architecture or great music with everyone from the garbage collector to the mayor. — Julia Child

A party without cake is really just a meeting. — Julia Child

I discovered that when one follows the artist's eye one sees unexpected treasures in so many seemingly ordinary scenes. — Julia Child

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

Remember, you are all alone in the kitchen and no one can see you. — Julia Child

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

There is nothing more special than a love of a child, and I love the fact I am an auntie. — Julia Sawalha

When I was a child I had a crush on Abraham Lincoln. Why I would choose to reveal this, I know not. — Julia Roberts

There are reasons, and then there are excuses. — Julia Child

Cooking well doesn't mean cooking fancy. — Julia Child

My father was in charge of managing the farm. — Julia Child

Of course, an old wine is like an old lady, and traveling can disturb her. — Julia Child

It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions. — Julia Child

I love to teach - that's my role. — Julia Child

She was my first cat ever, and I thought she was marvelous. — Julia Child

I'm not wild about those twenty-four hour marinades — Julia Child

Julia Child wasn't afraid to have fun. She made fantastic food but knew how to have a good time and not be too stuck up about the kitchen space. — Nadia Giosia

Une maison sans chat, c'est la vie sans soleil. (A house without a cat is like live without sunshine.) --
One of Julia Child's favorite sayings. — Therese Burson

Personally, I don't think pure vegetarianism is a healthy lifestyle. I've often wondered to myself: Does a vegetarian look forward to dinner, ever? — Julia Child

No matter what happens in the kitchen, never apologize, — Julia Child

Nothing is too much trouble if it turns out the way it should. — Julia Child

The main thing is to have a gutsy approach and use your head. — Julia Child

The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook. — Julia Child

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

Life itself is the proper binge. — Julia Child

I think the inner person is the most important ... I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. That's what is important. — Julia Child

I would happily die with a bottle of white Burgundy in my mouth, — Julia Child

Celebrity has its uses. I can always get a seat in any restaurant.
Source: Esquire Magazine, June 2000 original edition — Julia Child

A house without a cat is like a day without sunshine, a pie without fromage, a dinner without wine. — Julia Child

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

Wine is one of the agreeable and essential ingredients of life — Julia Child

Always remember: If you're alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb, you can always just pick it up. Who's going to know? — Julia Child

The more I learned the more I realized how very much one has to know before one is in-the-know at all. — Julia Child

IN EGGPLANT CASSEROLE, — Julia Child

To be a good cook you have to have a love of the good, a love of hard work, and a love of creating. — Julia Child

I believe in red meat. I often said: red meat and gin. — Julia Child

My mom had Julia Child and 'The Fannie Farmer Cookbook' on top of the refrigerator, and she had a small repertoire of French dishes. — Anthony Bourdain

People who are not interested in food always seem rather dry and unloving and don't have a real gusto for life. — Julia Child