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Julia Child Quote: “In the 1970s we got nouvelle cuisine, in which a lot of the old rules were kicked over. And then we had cuisine minceur, which people mixed up with nouvelle cuisine but was actually fancy diet cooking.”

151. “In the 1970s we got nouvelle cuisine, in which a lot of the old rules were kicked over. And then we had cuisine minceur, which people mixed up with nouvelle cuisine but was actually fancy diet cooking.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “I had a lack of confidence, which caused me to back down from forcefully stated positions; an i was overly emotional at the expense of careful, “scientific” thought. I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was.”

152. “I had a lack of confidence, which caused me to back down from forcefully stated positions; an i was overly emotional at the expense of careful, “scientific” thought. I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “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.”

153. “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.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “It was fun, although we felt like pawns, or prawns, in the maelstrom.”

154. “It was fun, although we felt like pawns, or prawns, in the maelstrom.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “The American poultry industry had made it possible to grow a fine-looking fryer in record time and sell it at a reasonable price, but no one mentioned that the result usually tasted like the stuffing inside of a teddy bear.”

155. “The American poultry industry had made it possible to grow a fine-looking fryer in record time and sell it at a reasonable price, but no one mentioned that the result usually tasted like the stuffing inside of a teddy bear.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “I suddenly discovered that cooking was a rich and layered and endlessly fascinating subject. The best way to describe it is to say that I fell in love with French food- the tastes, the processes, the history, the endless variations, the rigorous discipline, the creativity, the wonderful people, the equipment, the rituals.”

156. “I suddenly discovered that cooking was a rich and layered and endlessly fascinating subject. The best way to describe it is to say that I fell in love with French food- the tastes, the processes, the history, the endless variations, the rigorous discipline, the creativity, the wonderful people, the equipment, the rituals.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “It seemed that in Paris you could discuss classic literature or architecture or great music with everyone from the garbage collector to the mayor.”

157. “It seemed that in Paris you could discuss classic literature or architecture or great music with everyone from the garbage collector to the mayor.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “I’m very much for making everything safe. The more natural the means we use to raise our vegetables and get rid of bugs, the better.”

158. “I’m very much for making everything safe. The more natural the means we use to raise our vegetables and get rid of bugs, the better.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “I’m afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page.”

159. “I’m afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “Ooh, those lovely roasted, buttery French chickens, they were so good and chickeny!”

160. “Ooh, those lovely roasted, buttery French chickens, they were so good and chickeny!”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “But how nice it is that one can come to know someone just through correspondence, and become really passionate friends.”

161. “But how nice it is that one can come to know someone just through correspondence, and become really passionate friends.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “I love to teach – that’s my role.”

162. “I love to teach – that’s my role.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “Our bodies hummed with contentment.”

163. “Our bodies hummed with contentment.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “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.”

164. “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.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “Good french cooking cannot be produced by a zombie cook.”

165. “Good french cooking cannot be produced by a zombie cook.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “Food, like the people who eat it, can be stimulated by wine or spirits. And, as with people, it can also be spoiled.”

166. “Food, like the people who eat it, can be stimulated by wine or spirits. And, as with people, it can also be spoiled.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “Celebrity has its uses. I can always get a seat in any restaurant.”

167. “Celebrity has its uses. I can always get a seat in any restaurant.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “The Parisian grocers insisted that I interact with them personally: if I wasn’t willing to take the time to get to know them and their wares, then I would not go home with the freshest legumes or cuts of meat in my basket. They certainly made me work for my supper – but, oh, what suppers!”

168. “The Parisian grocers insisted that I interact with them personally: if I wasn’t willing to take the time to get to know them and their wares, then I would not go home with the freshest legumes or cuts of meat in my basket. They certainly made me work for my supper – but, oh, what suppers!”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “Of course, an old wine is like an old lady, and traveling can disturb her.”

169. “Of course, an old wine is like an old lady, and traveling can disturb her.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “Cooking was taken with such seriousness in France that even ordinary chefs were proud of their profession. That’s what appealed to me.”

170. “Cooking was taken with such seriousness in France that even ordinary chefs were proud of their profession. That’s what appealed to me.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “To think that we might easily have gone through life not knowing each other, missing all this free flow of love and ideas and warmth and sharing...”

171. “To think that we might easily have gone through life not knowing each other, missing all this free flow of love and ideas and warmth and sharing...”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “The spectacle of this lovely nation, with its great agricultural wealth and its cultural riches, continually stepping on its own toes, made me wonder if France suffered a kind of national neurosis.”

172. “The spectacle of this lovely nation, with its great agricultural wealth and its cultural riches, continually stepping on its own toes, made me wonder if France suffered a kind of national neurosis.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “After we’d moved into 81, we had placed an order for a phone, and waited. First a man came by to see if we lived where we said we did. Then two men visited to make a “study” of our situation. Then another man appeared to find out if we really wanted a phone. The process was very French, and made me laugh, especially when I thought of how quickly such a transaction would have taken place in the States.”

173. “After we’d moved into 81, we had placed an order for a phone, and waited. First a man came by to see if we lived where we said we did. Then two men visited to make a “study” of our situation. Then another man appeared to find out if we really wanted a phone. The process was very French, and made me laugh, especially when I thought of how quickly such a transaction would have taken place in the States.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “I like to cook for 2, or for 4 or 6 at the most 8 people. Beyond that you get into quantity cooking and that is just not my field at all. The last time we had 12 for a sit-down dinner and I did all the cooking, and Paul and I did all the setting up, serving, and washing up afterwards, I said never again. I’ll do a buffet, but I don’t consider that civilized dining; it is feeding, and I like to sit down at a well-set table.”

174. “I like to cook for 2, or for 4 or 6 at the most 8 people. Beyond that you get into quantity cooking and that is just not my field at all. The last time we had 12 for a sit-down dinner and I did all the cooking, and Paul and I did all the setting up, serving, and washing up afterwards, I said never again. I’ll do a buffet, but I don’t consider that civilized dining; it is feeding, and I like to sit down at a well-set table.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “As Therese Asche used to say “A house without a cat is like a day without sunshine.”

175. “As Therese Asche used to say “A house without a cat is like a day without sunshine.”

— Julia Child

Julia Child Quote: “If it weren’t for Julia Child, I might never have moved past brown rice and tofu. Worse, I might still be afraid of being less than perfect.”

176. “If it weren’t for Julia Child, I might never have moved past brown rice and tofu. Worse, I might still be afraid of being less than perfect.”

— Julia Child

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