As a girl, I had zero interest in the stove. I've always had a healthy appetite, especially for the wonderful meat and the fresh produce of California, but I was never encouraged to cook and just didn't see the point in it.

Julia Child

I fell in love with the public, the public fell in love with me, and I tried to keep it that way.

Julia Child

Because I've done a lot of television, I'm sort of a generalist. I'm not a pastry cook, but I've had to learn a certain amount about it. I'm not a baker, though I've had to learn how to do it. I'm sort of a general cook.

Julia Child

What a marvelous resource soup is for the thrifty cook - it solves the ham-bone and lamb-bone problems, the everlasting Thanksgiving turkey, the extra vegetables.

Julia Child

Someone may offer you a freshly caught whole large fish, like a salmon or striped bass. Don't panic - take it!

Julia Child

In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.

Julia Child

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

Julia Child

You learn to cook so that you don't have to be a slave to recipes. You get what's in season and you know what to do with it.

Julia Child

I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help.

Julia Child

The perfect dressing is essential to the perfect salad, and I see no reason whatsoever for using a bottled dressing, which may have been sitting on the grocery shelf for weeks, even months - even years.

Julia Child

I think careful cooking is love, don't you? The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who's close to you is about as nice a valentine as you can give.

Julia Child

I wouldn't keep him around long if I didn't feed him well.

Julia Child