Quote

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.

Julia Child

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Julia Child
Age: 91 †
Born: 1912
Born: August 15
Died: 2004
Died: August 13
Chef
Cook
Television Presenter
Writer
Pasadena
California
Julia Carolyn Child
Fun
Food
Enjoy
Communal
Care
Correctly
Take
Prepare
Make
Event
Time
Events
Ought

More quotes by Julia Child

Image
Remember, 'No one's more important than people'! In other words, friendship is the most important thing--not career or housework, or one's fatigue--and it needs to be tended and nurtured.
Julia Child
Image
Too much trouble, Too expensive, or Who will know the difference are death knells for good food.
Julia Child
Image
It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions.
Julia Child
Image
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.
Julia Child
Image
It's a shame to be caught up in something that doesn't absolutely make you tremble with joy.
Julia Child
Image
Sooner or later the public will forget you the memory of you will fade. What's important are the individuals you've influenced along the way.
Julia Child
Image
A party without cake is really just a meeting.
Julia Child
Image
Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake.
Julia Child
Image
Mastering the Art of French Cooking... doesn't mean it has to be fancy cooking, although it can be as elaborate as you wish.
Julia Child
Image
I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was.
Julia Child
Image
She was my first cat ever, and I thought she was marvelous.
Julia Child
Image
Eating is the secret to good cooking.
Julia Child
Image
When the war broke out I decided I would be very patriotic. Standing my full height. I presented myself to the Wacs and the to the Waves. And I was rejected - I was an inch too tall.
Julia Child
Image
With enough butter, anything is good
Julia Child
Image
In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.
Julia Child
Image
A passionate interest in what you do is the secret of enjoying life...whether it is helping old people or children, or making cheese or growing earthworms.
Julia Child
Image
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.
Julia Child
Image
The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.
Julia Child
Image
Food like love is a deeply emotional matter.
Julia Child
Image
Any disaster is a learning process.
Julia Child