Julia Child: ‘Never apologize’

Julia Child in her kitchen in Cambridge in 1978, in a publicity shot.

“The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook.’’

“No matter what happens in the kitchen, never apologize.”

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

“Always remember: If you’re alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb, you can always just pick it up. Who’s going to know?”

“You learn to cook so you don’t have to be a slave to recipes.”

— Famous lines by Julia Child (1912-2004), TV food-show star (via WGBH, in Boston, where she was the star of The French Chef), author, teacher, semi-comedian and in World War II a quasi-spy with the OSS. She lived in Cambridge, Mass., for 40 years and was a big character in many ways.

Cake makes it a party

Julia Child in her kitchen in 1978

“A party without cake is just a meeting.’’

— Julia Child (1912-2004), the very tall, cheery, warbly and down-to-earth American TV personality, cooking teacher and book author whose show The French Chef (1963-1973), produced by WGBH TV in Boston, near her home in Cambridge, became one of the most popular shows in the history of public TV.