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in the words of the great…
“The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you’ve got to have a what the hell attitude.”
JULIA CHILD
Chef, Connoisseur, Educator Extraordinaire
“No-one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.”
JULIA CHILD
Chef, Connoisseur, and Educator Extraordinaire
“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
Chef, Connoisseur, Educator Extraordinaire
“Maybe the cat has fallen into the stew, or the lettuce has frozen, or the cake has collapsed. Eh bien, tant pis. Usually one’s cooking is better than one thinks it is. And if the food is truly vile, then the cook must simply grit her teeth and bear it with a smile, and learn from her mistakes.”
JULIA CHILD
Chef, Connoisseur, Educator Extraordinaire