335 Quotes by Julia Child

I love to teach – that’s my role.

Cooking was taken with such seriousness in France that even ordinary chefs were proud of their profession. That’s what appealed to me.

I’m not wild about those twenty-four hour marinades.

You never forget a beautiful thing that you have made,” he said. “Even after you eat it, it stays with you – always.” I.

If variety is the spice of life, then my life must be one of the spiciest you ever heard of. A curry of a life. -Paul Child.

The Parisian grocers insisted that I interact with them personally: if I wasn’t willing to take the time to get to know them and their wares, then I would not go home with the freshest legumes or cuts of meat in my basket. They certainly made me work for my supper – but, oh, what suppers!

To think that we might easily have gone through life not knowing each other, missing all this free flow of love and ideas and warmth and sharing...

The service was deft and understated, and the food was spectacular. It was expensive, but, as Paul said, “you are so hypnotized by everything there that you feel grateful as you pay the bill.

I discovered that when one follows the artist’s eye one sees unexpected treasures in so many seemingly ordinary scenes.