02UndatedYou'll never know everything about anything, especially something you love.Julia Child / quote ↗
03UndatedRemember, 'No one's more important than people'! In other words, friendship is the most important thing--not career or housework, or one's fatigue--and it needs to be tended and nurtured.Julia Child / quote ↗
04UndatedIn the blood-heat of pursuing the enemy, many people are forgetting what we are fighting for. We are fighting for our hard-won liberty and freedom; for our Constitution and the due processes of our laws; and for the right to differ in ideas, religion and politics. I am convinced that in your zeal to fight against our enemies, you, too, have forgotten what you are fighting for.Julia Child / quote ↗
05UndatedThe only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.Julia Child / quote ↗
06UndatedThe only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.Julia Child / quote ↗
09UndatedIt's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.Julia Child / quote ↗
10UndatedI don't believe in twisting yourself into knots of excuses and explanations over the food you make. When one's hostess starts in with self-deprecations such as "Oh, I don't know how to cook...," or "Poor little me...," or "This may taste awful...," it is so dreadful to have to reassure her that everything is delicious and fine, whether it is or not. Besides, such admissions only draw attention to one's shortcomings (or self-perceived shortcomings), and make the other person think, "Yes, you're right, this really is an awful meal!" Maybe the cat has fallen into the stew, or the lettuce has frozen, or the cake has collapsed -- eh bien, tant pis! Usually one's cooking is better than one thinks it is. And if the food is truly vile, as my ersatz eggs Florentine surely were, then the cook must simply grit her teeth and bear it with a smile -- and learn from her mistakes.Julia Child / quote ↗
11UndatedJust like becoming an expert in wine–you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford–you learn about great food by finding the best there is, whether simply or luxurious. The you savor it, analyze it, and discuss it with your companions, and you compare it with other experiences.Julia Child / quote ↗
12UndatedBut my favorite remained the basic roast chicken. What a deceptively simple dish. I had come to believe that one can judge the quality of a cook by his or her roast chicken. Above all, it should taste like chicken: it should be so good that even a perfectly simple, buttery roast should be a delight.Julia Child / quote ↗
13UndatedThe German birds didn't taste as good as their French cousins, nor did the frozen Dutch chickens we bought in the local supermarkets. The American poultry industry had made it possible to grow a fine-looking fryer in record time and sell it at a reasonable price, but no one mentioned that the result usually tasted like the stuffing inside of a teddy bear.Julia Child / quote ↗
14UndatedI'm afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page.Julia Child / quote ↗
15UndatedIf 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 ChildJulia Child / quote ↗
16Undated...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 / quote ↗
17UndatedI discovered that when one follows the artist's eye one sees unexpected treasures in so many seemingly ordinary scenes.Julia Child / quote ↗
18UndatedIn France, Paul explained, good cooking was regarded as a combination of national sport and high art, and wine was always served with lunch and dinner. "The trick is moderation," he said.Julia Child / quote ↗
19Undated...the average Frenchman would shrug, as if to say: "These notions of yours are all very fascinating, no doubt, but we make a decent living. Nobody has ulcers. I have time to work on my monograph about Balzac, and my foreman enjoys his espaliered pear trees. I think as a matter of fact, we do not wish to make the changes that you suggest.Julia Child / quote ↗
21UndatedDrama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper. Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake.Julia Child / quote ↗
22UndatedDrama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper.Julia Child / quote ↗
24UndatedThe secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all of the time.Julia Child / quote ↗
