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Julia Child
Age: 91 †
Born: 1912
Born: August 15
Died: 2004
Died: August 13
Chef
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Television Presenter
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Pasadena
California
Julia Carolyn Child
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As we say in the American Institute of Wine and Food, small helpings, no seconds. A little bit of everything. No snacking. And have a good time.
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No one's more important than people.
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There is nothing worse than grilled vegetables.
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...no one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.
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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.
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In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.
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There are only four great arts: music, painting, sculpture, and ornamental pastry- architecture being perhaps the least banal derivative of the latter.
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People who love to eat are always the best people.
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The tomato hides its griefs. Internal damage is hard to spot.
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Just how could a nation often be great if it's bread tastes want Kleenex.
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People who are not interested in food always seem rather dry and unloving and don't have a real gusto for life.
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Just speak very loudly and quickly, and state your position with utter conviction, as the French do, and you'll have a marvelous time!
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I found that the recipes in most - in all - the books I had were really not adequate. They didn't tell you enough... I won't do anything unless I'm told why I'm doing it. So I felt that we needed fuller explanations so that if you followed one of those recipes, it should turn out exactly right.
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I love good, fresh food cooked by someone who knows what he's doing.
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I'd like for people to be able to go to the universities and get a degree in fine arts-gastronomy.
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Just like becoming an expert in wine, you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford.
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With enough butter, anything is good
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The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.
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Cooking well doesn't mean cooking fancy.
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You'll never know everything about anything, especially something you love.
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