335 Quotes by Julia Child

...the waiters carried themselves with a quiet joy, as if their entire mission in life was to make their customers feel comfortable and well tended.

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.

You never forget a beautiful thing that you have made,' [Chef Bugnard] said. 'Even after you eat it, it stays with you - always.

I always give my bird a generous butter massage before I put it in the oven. Why? Because I think the chicken likes it -- and, more important, I like to give it.

She was my first cat ever, and I thought she was marvelous.

I have trouble with toast. Toast is very difficult. You have to watch it all the time or it burns up.

Cooking is one failure after another, and that's how you finally learn.

Freshness is essential. That makes all the difference.

A cookbook is only as good as its poorest recipe.