Julia Child Quotes on How to Teach and Learn Cooking
• 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.
• Just 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.
• A cookbook is only as good as its worst recipe.
Julia Child Quotes on Her Own Life
• Being tall is an advantage, especially in business. People will always remember you. And if you're in a crowd, you'll always have some clean air to breathe.
• I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.
• Until I discovered cooking, I was never really interested in anything.
• 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.
• I enjoy cooking with wine, sometimes I even put it in the food I'm cooking.
• I don't think about whether people will remember me or not. I've been an okay person. I've learned a lot. I've taught people a thing or two. That's what's important.
Julia Child Quotes on Work and Achievement
• 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.
• The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It's doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile. I think of my strawberry souffle. I did that at least twenty-eight times before I finally conquered it.
About Success and Celebrity
• Why languish as a giantess when it is so much fun to be a myth?
• Celebrity has its uses. I can always get a seat in any restaurant.
Julia Child Quotes on Dieting and Diets
• Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health.
• I just hate health food.
• Dieting got really big in the '60s, when fashion models were very thin. They weren't always, you know! Now we're eating all this fat-free, fake stuff, and we're getting fat anyway because we're not satisfied.
• In spite of food fads, fitness programs, and health concerns, we must never lose sight of a beautifully conceived meal.
• The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.
• You can have some butter, you can have some olive oil. It all comes down to moderation, variety, exercise and use your head.
• Fat gives things flavor.
• If you’re afraid of butter, just use cream.
• I find that if I just taste everything and eat small portions I maintain my weight. I watch my fat intake, but I eat hearty.
• 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?
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Quote collection assembled by Jone Johnson Lewis. Each quotation page in this collection and the entire collection © Jone Johnson Lewis 1997-2009. This is an informal collection assembled over many years. I regret that I am not be able to provide the original source if it is not listed with the quote.
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