335 Quotes by Julia Child

The German birds didn’t taste as good as their French cousins, nor did the frozen Dutch chickens we bought in the local supermarkets. The American poultry industry had made it possible to grow a fine-looking fryer in record time and sell it at a reasonable price, but no one mentioned that the result usually tasted like the stuffing inside of a teddy bear.

It’s fun to get together and have something good to eat at least once a day. That’s what human life is all about – enjoying things.

If you drop the lamb, just pick it up. Who’s going to know?

An asbestos mat, if necessary.

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

I think careful cooking is love, don’t you? The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who’s close to you is about as nice a valentine as you can give.

In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men’s underwear.

You have to eat to cook. You can’t be a good cook and be a noneater. I think eating is the secret to good cooking.

My, I get so depressed after a poor meal; that’s why I can never stay in England for more than a week.