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 More Quotes by Julia Child More Quotes From Julia Child 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 marriageanniversarylove In France cooking is a serious art form and a national sport. I think the French enjoy the complication of the art form and the cooking for cooking's sake. You can talk with a concierge or police officer about food in France as a general rule. It is not the general rule here. Classical cuisine, which I hope we are going back to, means certain ways of doing things and certain ways of not doing things. If you know classical French cooking you can do anything. If you don't know the basics, you turn out slop. Julia Child sportsmeanart With enough butter, anything is good Julia Child kitchenfoodinspirational It is the Americans who have managed to crown minced beef as hamburger, and to send it round the world so that even the fussy French have taken to le boeuf hache, le hambourgaire. Julia Child beefcrownstaken No matter what happens in the kitchen, never apologize. Julia Child apologizingkitchenmatter You have to eat to cook. You can't be a good cook and be a noneater. I think eating is the secret to good cooking. Julia Child cookingfoodthinking Eating is the secret to good cooking. Julia Child cookingeatingsecret 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 cookingmeanart I admired the English immensely for all that they had endured, and they were certainly honorable, and stopped their cars for pedestrians, and called you “sir” and “madam,” and so on. But after a week there, I began to feel wild. It was those ruddy English faces, so held in by duty, the sense of “what is done” and “what is not done,” and always swigging tea and chirping, that made me want to scream like a hyena Julia Child cardonetea I would far prefer to have things happen as they naturally do, such as the mousse refusing to leave the mold, the potatoes sticking to the skillet, the apple charlotte slowly collapsing. One of the secrets of cooking is to learn to correct something if you can, and bear with it if you cannot. Julia Child applescookingsecret Always start out with a larger pot than what you think you need. Julia Child kitchencookingthinking One of the secrets, and pleasures, of cooking is to learn to correct something if it goes awry; and one of the lessons is to grin and bear it if it cannot be fixed. Julia Child cookingsecretbears When I got to France I realized I didn't know very much about food at all. I'd never had a real cake. I'd had those cakes from cake mixes or the ones that have a lot of baking powder in them. A really good French cake doesn't have anything like that in it - it's all egg power. Julia Child cakeeggsreal Upon reflection, I decided I had three main weaknesses: I was confused (evidenced by a lack of facts, an inability to coordinate my thoughts, and an inability to verbalize my ideas); I had a lack of confidence, which cause me to back down from forcefully stated positions; and I was overly emotional at the expense of careful, 'scientific' though. I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was. Julia Child confusedemotionalreflection I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was. Julia Child thirtysevenyears Fat gives things flavor. Julia Child weight-lossfoodgiving You'll never know everything about anything, especially something you love. Julia Child something-you-lovelearningeducation Wine is a living liquid containing no preservatives. Its life cycle comprises youth, maturity, old age, and death. When not treated with reasonable respect it will sicken and die. Julia Child maturitywineage The main thing is to have a gutsy approach and use your head. Julia Child kitchenapproachuse 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 poultryrecordsfood
