335 Quotes by Julia Child

In fact, I didn’t like traveling first class at all. Yes, it was nice to have a bathroom in a hotel and fine service at breakfast... but none of it seemed foreign enough for me. It was all so pleasantly bland that I felt as if I were back on the SS America. I don’t like it when everyone speaks perfect English; I’d much rather struggle with my phrasebook.

Cooking well doesn’t mean cooking fancy.

You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces – just good food from fresh ingredients.

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.

People who are not interested in food always seem rather dry and unloving and don’t have a real gusto for life.

No one’s more important than people.

Sooner or later the public will forget you; the memory of you will fade. What’s important are the individuals you’ve influenced along the way.

If you’re buying tomatoes pick them up and smell them-they should have a lovely perfume. They need to be kept at fifty degrees or above, particularly during the growing season, because that’s when they develop their flavor.

As you get older, you shouldn’t waste time drinking bad wine.