All Quotes by 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.”
“Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do it in the most humane way possible. I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.”
“In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.”
“A cookbook is only as good as its worst recipe.”
“The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.”
“I don't believe in twisting yourself into knots of excuses and explanations over the food you make. … 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 … then the cook must simply grit her teeth and bear it with a smile—and learn from her mistakes.”
“My, I get so depressed after a poor meal; that's why I can never stay in England for more than a week.”
“In the 1970s we got nouvelle cuisine, in which a lot of the old rules were kicked over. And then we had cuisine minceur, which people mixed up with nouvelle cuisine but was actually fancy diet cooking.”
“"Too much trouble," "Too expensive," or "Who will know the difference" are death knells for good food.”
“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.”
“In the 1970s we got nouvelle cuisine, in which a lot of the old rules were kicked over. And then we had cuisine minceur, which people mixed up with nouvelle cuisine but was actually fancy diet cooking.”
“The art of bread making can become a consuming hobby, and no matter how often and how many kinds of bread one has made, there always seems to be something new to learn.”
“In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.”
“You learn to cook so that you don't have to be a slave to recipes. You get what's in season and you know what to do with it.”