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Julia Child, an American chef, author, and television personality, is known as the 'Matriarch of American Cooking'. Born on August 15, 1912, in Pasadena, California, she passed away on August 13, 2004. Child is renowned for her promotion of French cuisine and her passion for culinary arts. Her works and television shows have greatly influenced the perception of cooking in America.

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Famous Julia Child Quotes

“The shellfish thing is very scary. You have to know the people you buy from and exactly where their wholesalers are getting the fish from.”

People Knows Fishes Scary Shellfish

Author:Julia Child

“People liked to eat veal until they saw pictures of these darling little animals with brown eyes. Veal calves been raised the same way for centuries.”

People Way Littles Eye Animal Saws Century Raised Brown Darling Calves Brown Eyes

Author:Julia Child

“I'd like for people to be able to go to the universities and get a degree in fine arts-gastronomy.”

People Art Able Fine Degrees University Fine Arts

Author:Julia Child

“People were hysterical about Communism the way people today are hysterical about flag burning. I'm really against these people who try to show that they're great patriots, because they're not thinking, they're just being hysterical.”

People Thinking Way Trying Shows Today Burning Communism Flags Just Being Patriot Hysterical Flag Burning

Author:Julia Child

“No one's more important than people.”

People Important

Book:My Life in France

Source: My Life in France

“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!”

People Trying Inspiration Fun Mistake Advice Food Cooking Fearless Cooks Having Fun Recipes Learn From Your Mistakes Fun Food Cooks In The Kitchen

Book:My Life in France

Source: My Life in France

“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.”

People Needs Important Remember Friendship Careers Important Things Fatigue Housework

Book:My Life in France

Source: My Life in France

“In the blood-heat of pursuing the enemy, many people are forgetting what we are fighting for. We are fighting for our hard-won liberty and freedom; for our Constitution and the due processes of our laws; and for the right to differ in ideas, religion and politics. I am convinced that in your zeal to fight against our enemies, you, too, have forgotten what you are fighting for.”

Source: My Life in France

“People who love to eat are always the best people.”

“Being tall is an advantage, especially in business. People will always remember you. And if you're in a crowd, you'll always have some clean air to breathe.”

People Ifs Remember Air Advantage Clean Crowds Breathe Positive Attitude Tall Remember You Remembers You Clean Air

Author:Julia Child

“In the 1960s, you could eat anything you wanted, and of course, people were smoking cigarettes and all kinds of things, and there was no talk about fat and anything like that, and butter and cream were rife. Those were lovely days for gastronomy, I must say.”

People Kind Wanted Courses Lovely Fats All Kinds Smoking Cigarette Cream 1960s Smoking Cigarettes Lovely Day

Author:Julia Child

“In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear.”

People Men Food Stores Kitchen Department Equipment Underwear Department Stores

Author:Julia Child

“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.”

People Thinking Feels Littles Today Bits Terrible Little Bit Doctors Eggs Culinary Terrible Things

Author:Julia Child

“I was going to be a great woman novelist. Then the war came along and I think it's hard for young people today, don't you, to realize that when World War II happened we were dying to go and help our country.”

People Thinking World War Country Hard Helping Today Young Realizing Happened Dying Our Country Novelists War Of The Worlds World War Ii Great Women

Author:Julia Child

“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.”

People Children Mother Found Class Careers Gone Nice Generations Middle Middle Class Banking Restless Nursing My Generation

Author:Julia Child

“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.”

People Cooking Diets Fancy Cuisine

Author:Julia Child

“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.”

People Justice Pleasure Creative Activity Cooking Paint Woods Drawing Boat Kitchen Gardening Imaginative Basements Carving

Author:Julia Child

“Because of media hype and woefully inadequate information, too many people nowadays are deathly afraid of their food, and what does fear of food do to the digestive system? ... I, for one, would much rather swoon over a few thin slices of prime beefsteak, or one small serving of chocolate mousse, or a sliver of foie gras than indulge to the full on such nonentities as fat-free gelatin puddings.”

People Doe Media Information Fats Serving Chocolate Prime Indulge Inadequate Hype Pudding Nonentity Digestive System Gelatin Chocolate Mousse

Author:Julia Child

“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.”

People Children Helping Enjoy Interest Secret Growing Passionate Cheese Enjoy Life Old People

Author:Julia Child

“I don't think about whether people will remember me or not. I've been an ok person. I've learned a lot. I've taught people a thing or two. That's what's important.”

People Thinking Persons Two Important Remember Taught I've Learned What Matters What's Important Remember Me

Author:Julia Child

“People who are not interested in food always seem rather dry and unloving and don't have a real gusto for life.”

People Real Seems Dry Not Interested Gusto

Author:Julia Child

“I’m awfully sorry for people who are taken in by all of today’s dietary mumbo jumbo. They are not getting any enjoyment out of their food.”

People Today Taken Food Cooking Sorry Enjoyment Culinary

Author:Julia Child

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

People Spirit Wine Spoiled

Book:Mastering the Art of French Cooking

Source: Mastering the Art of French Cooking

About the Author

Born: August 15, 1912
Died: August 13, 2004
Known for: Chef
Quotes: 203

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