“The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It’s doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile.”

“How can a nation be called great if its bread tastes like kleenex?”

“Well, all I know is this—nothing you ever learn is really wasted, and will sometime be used.”

“With enough butter, anything is good.” – Julia Child

“But my favorite remained the basic roast chicken. What a deceptively simple dish. I had come to believe that one can judge the quality of a cook by his or her roast chicken. Above all, it should taste like chicken: it should be so good that even a perfectly simple, buttery roast should be a delight.”

“It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions.”

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

“I believe in red meat. I’ve often said: red meat and gin.”

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

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