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She was my first cat ever, and I thought she was marvelous.

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Julia Child
Age: 91 †
Born: 1912
Born: August 15
Died: 2004
Died: August 13
Chef
Cook
Television Presenter
Writer
Pasadena
California
Julia Carolyn Child
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Marvelous
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In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear.
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If you're not ready to fail, you're not going to learn how to cook.
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I think one of the terrible things today is that people have this deathly fear of food: fear of eggs, say, or fear of butter. Most doctors feel that you can have a little bit of everything.
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One of the secrets, and pleasures, of cooking is to learn to correct something if it goes awry and one of the lessons is to grin and bear it if it cannot be fixed.
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The tomato hides its griefs. Internal damage is hard to spot.
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I think careful cooking is love, don't you? The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who's close to you is about as nice a valentine as you can give.
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the more experience you have, the more interesting cooking is because you know what can happen to the food. In the beginning you can look at a chicken and it doesn't mean much, but once you have done some cooking you can see in that chicken a parade of things you will be able to create.
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It's a shame to be caught up in something that doesn't absolutely make you tremble with joy.
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Fine # wine is a living liquid ... Its life comprises youth, maturity, old age, and death.
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I think careful cooking is love, don't you?
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My father was in real estate, banking, and land management. As family life, it was very conventional, happy, and comfortable. We weren't wealthy, but we were well-off.
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No one's more important than people.
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People who love to eat are always the best people.
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I’m awfully sorry for people who are taken in by all of today’s dietary mumbo jumbo. They are not getting any enjoyment out of their food.
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I never feel lonely in the kitchen. Food is very friendly.
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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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A house without a cat is like a day without sunshine, a pie without fromage, a dinner without wine.
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Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake.
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I love to teach - that's my role.
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This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook- try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all have fun!
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