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9 Julia Child Quotes

Julia Child offers warm, humorous advice on cooking, wine and the joy of indulgent food.

Julia Child quotes

  1. A cookbook is only as good as its worst recipe.

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  2. The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.

    #2

  3. Everything in moderation, including moderation.

    #3

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  4. I enjoy cooking with wine, sometimes I even put it in the food I'm cooking.

    #4

  5. I was thirty-two when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

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  6. If you're afraid of butter, use cream.

    #6

  7. Life itself is the proper binge.

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  8. Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, well, so is the ballet.

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  9. The best way to execute french cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken. Bon appetit.

    #9