Julia Child Quotes - Page 2

Always start out with a larger pot than what you think you need.

I never feel lonely in the kitchen. Food is very friendly.

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

Any disaster is a learning process.

Food like love is a deeply emotional matter.

You must have discipline to have fun.

The tomato hides its griefs. Internal damage is hard to spot.

Life itself is the proper binge.

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?

...nothing is too much trouble if it turns out the way it should.

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

...no one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.

You never forget a beautiful thing that you have made. Even after you eat it, it stays with you - always.

I think careful cooking is love, don't you?

There are reasons, and then there are excuses.

Never apologize for your cooking.

Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health.

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

No matter what happens in the kitchen, never apologize.

If you're not ready to fail, you're not going to learn how to cook.

Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake.

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.

I don't use the word gourmet. The word doesn't mean anything anymore. 'Gourmet' makes it sound like someone is putting sherry wine in the corn-flake casserole.

Drama 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.

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