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.
Julia ChildRead
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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
French cooking is highly structured and following its rules leads to success in culinary arts.
This quote by Julia Child emphasizes the significance of French cooking techniques and principles within the culinary world. By asserting that French cuisine is one of the few that is governed by strict rules, she highlights how understanding and adhering to these rules can empower cooks to achieve great results in their dishes, showcasing the art and discipline involved in cooking.
Themes
French CookingCulinary ArtsCooking RulesSuccessTechniques
In practice
Example use cases
During a cooking workshop, I quoted Julia Child to emphasize the importance of technique in culinary education.
More from Julia Child
All quotes βThe egg can be your best friend if you just give it the right break
Julia ChildRead
I always give my bird a generous butter massage before I put it in the oven. Why? Because I think the chicken likes it -- and, more important, I like to give it.
Julia ChildRead
Upon reflection, I decided I had three main weaknesses: I was confused (evidenced by a lack of facts, an inability to coordinate my thoughts, and an inability to verbalize my ideas); I had a lack of confidence, which cause me to back down from forcefully stated positions; and I was overly emotional at the expense of careful, 'scientific' though. I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was.
Julia ChildRead
The best way to execute French cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken.
Julia ChildRead
Wine is one of the agreeable and essential ingredients of life
Julia ChildRead
Similar quotes
Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.
Jean CocteauRead
At the end of the day it's got to be a good movie, it's got to be a funny movie, and it's got to make people think, 'Hey, I couldn't have spent my time any better.'
Tom HanksRead
I just want different narratives for people of color, especially women of color. I just want something that's different. I don't want us to be put in a box. I want it to be kind of a redefinition of who were are. If I can even achieve that in a tiny way, I'll be good. I'll be good.
Viola DavisRead
With all the main characters that I write, it's always very important to me that they have good and bad aspects of their personality. It's important to me that they're complicated and that they're human.
Jesmyn WardRead
He asked if he could recite a poem he had written that morning: 'You speak,' he said, 'the language of shooting stars, more surprising than sunrise, more brilliant than the sun, as brief as sunset. I want to follow its trail to eternity.
Amy TanRead
The Marquesan girls dance all over; not only do their feet dance, but their arms, hands, fingers, ay, their very eyes seem to dance in their heads.
Herman MelvilleRead