Julia Child - Food Quotes

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

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I don't believe in twisting yourself into knots of excuses and explanations over the food you make. … Maybe the cat has fallen into the stew, or the lettuce has frozen, or the cake has collapsed—eh bien, tant pis! Usually one's cooking is better than one thinks it is. And if the food is truly vile … then the cook must simply grit her teeth and bear it with a smile—and learn from her mistakes.

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Just like becoming an expert in wine, you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford. You learn about great food by finding the best there is, whether simply or luxurious. The you savor it, analyze it, and discuss it with your companions, and you compare it with other experiences.

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I love good, fresh food cooked by someone who knows what he's doing.

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"Too much trouble," "Too expensive," or "Who will know the difference" are death knells for good food.

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Fake food — I mean those patented substances chemically flavored and mechanically bulked out to kill the appetite and deceive the gut — is unnatural, almost immoral, a bane to good eating and good cooking.

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Maybe the cat has fallen into the stew, or the lettuce has frozen, or the cake has collapsed — eh bien, tant pis! Usually one's cooking is better than one thinks it is. And if the food is truly vile, as my ersatz eggs Florentine surely were, then the cook must simply grit her teeth and bear it with a smile — and learn from her mistakes.

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Too much trouble,' 'Too expensive,' or 'Who will know the difference' are death knells for good food.... Cooking is not a particularly difficult art, and the more you cook and learn about cooking, the more sense it makes.

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

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