Julia Child
Julia Child
Julia Carolyn Childwas an American chef, author, and television personality. She is recognized for bringing French cuisine to the American public with her debut cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and her subsequent television programs, the most notable of which was The French Chef, which premiered in 1963...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth15 August 1912
CityPasadena, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Just how could a nation often be great if it's bread tastes want Kleenex.
Too much trouble," "Too expensive," or "Who will know the difference" are death knells for good food.
We had a happy marriage because we were together all the time. We were friends as well as husband and wife. We just had a good time.
In France cooking is a serious art form and a national sport. I think the French enjoy the complication of the art form and the cooking for cooking's sake. You can talk with a concierge or police officer about food in France as a general rule. It is not the general rule here. Classical cuisine, which I hope we are going back to, means certain ways of doing things and certain ways of not doing things. If you know classical French cooking you can do anything. If you don't know the basics, you turn out slop.
There are reasons, and then there are excuses.
It's hard to imagine a civilization without onions; in one form or another their flavor blends into almost everything in the meal except the desert.
I still feel that French cooking is the most important in the world, one of the few that has rules. If you follow the rules, you can do pretty well.
Sometimes ... it takes me an entire day to write a recipe, to communicate it correctly. It's really like writing a little short story.
I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help.
Fine # wine is a living liquid ... Its life comprises youth, maturity, old age, and death.
Tears mess up your makeup.
The egg can be your best friend if you just give it the right break
noodles are not only amusing but delicious ...
The tomato hides its griefs. Internal damage is hard to spot ...