Julia Child Quotes

...the average Frenchman would shrug, as if to say: "These notions of yours are all very fascinating...

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

I discovered that when one follows the artist's eye one sees unexpected treasures in so many seeming...

When I got to France I realized I didn't know very much about food at all. I'd never had a real cake...

Being tall is an advantage, especially in business. People will always remember you. And if you're i...

I hate organized religion. I think you have to love thy neighbor as thyself. I think you have to pic...

Fat gives things flavor.

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

If you're in a good profession it's hard to get bored because you're never finished-there will alw...

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be...

You learn to cook so that you don't have to be a slave to recipes. You get what's in season and you ...

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

Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food pr...

It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.

It's fun to get together and have something good to eat at least once a day. That's what human life ...

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

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

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

I think one of the terrible things today is that people have this deathly fear of food: fear of eggs...

As we say in the American Institute of Wine and Food, small helpings, no seconds. A little bit of ev...

Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a wh...

You must have discipline to have fun.

I think careful cooking is love, don't you? The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who's close...

In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come i...

Because of media hype and woefully inadequate information, too many people nowadays are deathly afra...

Tears mess up your makeup.

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

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

In the 1970s we got nouvelle cuisine, in which a lot of the old rules were kicked over. And then we ...

Life itself is the proper binge.

What a marvelous resource soup is for the thrifty cook - it solves the ham-bone and lamb-bone proble...

If you're afraid of butter, use cream.

Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness an...

Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a wh...

The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It's doing something that you appreciate somethin...

How can a nation be called great if its bread tastes like kleenex?

Being tall is an advantage especially in business. People will always remember you. And if you're i...

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be...

I think the inner person is the most important. ... I would like to see an invention that keeps the ...

Non-cooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment but if cooking is ev...

I don't think about whether people will remember me or not. I've been an okay person. I've learned a...

Just like becoming an expert in wine–you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford–you learn abo...

Good french cooking cannot be produced by a zombie cook.

If variety is the spice of life, then my life must be one of the spiciest you ever heard of. A curry...

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

The German birds didn't taste as good as their French cousins, nor did the frozen Dutch chickens we ...

In the blood-heat of pursuing the enemy, many people are forgetting what we are fighting for. We are...

But my favorite remained the basic roast chicken. What a deceptively simple dish. I had come to beli...

In France, Paul explained, good cooking was regarded as a combination of national sport and high art...

Remember, 'No one's more important than people'! In other words, friendship is the most important th...