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Fat gives things flavor.

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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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Food
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Things

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I have trouble with toast. Toast is very difficult. You have to watch it all the time or it burns up.
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Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper. Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake.
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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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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 important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.
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If you're in a good profession, it's hard to get bored, because you're never finished - there will always be work you haven't done.
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I think the inner person is the most important.... I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. That's what is important.
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Cooking well doesn't mean cooking fancy.
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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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Wine is a living liquid containing no preservatives. Its life cycle comprises youth, maturity, old age, and death. When not treated with reasonable respect it will sicken and die.
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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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In my generation, except for a few people who'd gone into banking or nursing or something like that, middle-class women didn't have careers. You were to marry and have children and be a nice mother. You didn't go out and do anything. I found that I got restless.
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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.
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Some people like to paint pictures, or do gardening, or build a boat in the basement. Other people get a tremendous pleasure out of the kitchen, because cooking is just as creative and imaginative an activity as drawing, or wood carving, or music.
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Life itself is the proper binge.
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Just how could a nation often be great if it's bread tastes want Kleenex.
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...the waiters carried themselves with a quiet joy, as if their entire mission in life was to make their customers feel comfortable and well tended.
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We ought to enjoy our food, we ought to take time and care and prepare it correctly, and we ought to have fun doing it and make it a communal event.
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