Julia Child
Julia Child
Julia Carolyn Childwas an American chef, author, and television personality. She is recognized for bringing French cuisine to the American public with her debut cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and her subsequent television programs, the most notable of which was The French Chef, which premiered in 1963...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth15 August 1912
CityPasadena, CA
CountryUnited States of America
There are only four great arts: music, painting, sculpture, and ornamental pastry- architecture being perhaps the least banal derivative of the latter.
It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.
A party without cake is really just a meeting.
This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook- try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all have fun!
It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions.
To be a good cook you have to have a love of the good, a love of hard work, and a love of creating.
One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.
...no one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.
the more experience you have, the more interesting cooking is because you know what can happen to the food. In the beginning you can look at a chicken and it doesn't mean much, but once you have done some cooking you can see in that chicken a parade of things you will be able to create.
The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.
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.
The best way to execute French cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken.
How lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly.