335 Quotes by Julia Child

The perfect dressing is essential to the perfect salad, and I see no reason whatsoever for using a bottled dressing, which may have been sitting on the grocery shelf for weeks, even months - even years.

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

Usually, one's cooking is better than one thinks it is.

Because of media hype and woefully inadequate information, too many people nowadays are deathly afraid of their food, and what does fear of food do to the digestive system? ... I, for one, would much rather swoon over a few thin slices of prime beefsteak, or one small serving of chocolate mousse, or a sliver of foie gras than indulge to the full on such nonentities as fat-free gelatin puddings.

It's simply a very romantic place. Just one look at any of those streets, and you couldn't be anywhere else - it's so beautiful, and there's that location, and the sense of the free spirit. Who couldn't become ravenous in such a place?

When I got to France I realized I didn't know very much about food at all. I'd never had a real cake. I'd had those cakes from cake mixes or the ones that have a lot of baking powder in them. A really good French cake doesn't have anything like that in it - it's all egg power.

Food, like the people who eat it, can be stimulated by wine or spirits. And, as with people, it can also be spoiled.

Fine #‎ wine is a living liquid ... Its life comprises youth, maturity, old age, and death.

I wouldn't keep him around long if I didn't feed him well.