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We hit it off immediately, especially Helene, who was a 'swallow-life-in-big-gulps' kind of person.

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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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Life
Swallow
Immediately
Especially
Bigs
Persons

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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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No one's more important than people.
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If you're buying tomatoes pick them up and smell them-they should have a lovely perfume. They need to be kept at fifty degrees or above, particularly during the growing season, because that's when they develop their flavor.
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How lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly.
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I'm afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page.
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Cooking well doesn't mean cooking fancy.
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It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions.
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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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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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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.
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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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Always remember: If you're alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb, you can always just pick it up. Who's going to know?
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Mastering the Art of French Cooking... doesn't mean it has to be fancy cooking, although it can be as elaborate as you wish.
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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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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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If you're afraid of butter, use cream.
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Any disaster is a learning process.
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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 would far prefer to have things happen as they naturally do, such as the mousse refusing to leave the mold, the potatoes sticking to the skillet, the apple charlotte slowly collapsing. One of the secrets of cooking is to learn to correct something if you can, and bear with it if you cannot.
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