Julia Child Quotes

My bread and croissants wouldn't win a prize! I'm not an expert in yeast cookery.

You can't just leave out one part; the bread won't rise if the yeast isn't there.

Bad bread is the one thing I refuse. I need good bread.

I have been a baker for more than 30 years now, and in terms of equipment, all I really need is flour. It still amazes me what a versatile commodity it is, as you can do so many different things with it, and I never tire of trying new blends and recipes.

My secret skill is baking bread. My mother was a farmer's daughter and still made bread every day when I was a child. She would have me knead the dough when I got home from school.

We eat food all the time and don't really understand what goes into something like bread.

You can't hurry a loaf of bread. You have to wait for it to prove and rise.

When I'm trying to get bread to prove, I am itching; I am so impatient.

Hello, my name is Samin, and I'm an artisanal-bread hoarder.

Talkers expand like bread dough.

Baking is how you start kids at cooking in the kitchen. It's fun whether it's baking bread or cookies. With baking, you have to be exact when it comes to ingredients.

When it was availed to me that I had free time, I chose to go to cooking school every day, six hours a day, like a diploma program. I wanted to learn something new.

I've been a cook all my life, but I am still learning to be a good chef. I'm always learning new techniques and improving beyond my own knowledge because there is always something new to learn and new horizons to discover.

For me, learning is a continuous process and an all-inclusive one - reading a book, learning a musical instrument or learning the martial art called taekwondo. Teach myself something new - that's my prayer.

Sometimes a manuscript is like bread dough. You have to abuse it.

I love potato bread. It's so good.

There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers.

I love to make pies - pot pies, quiches, savory tarts, fruit pies. I use an old-fashioned pastry blender with wires and a wooden handle. I never use a recipe.

I love making cakes, and I'm good at it.

I've got around 400 cookbooks.

Making pizza is a great job. All that kneading the dough - everything to do with cooking is wonderful, sensual.

Cooking is like anything else: some people have an inborn talent for it. Some become expert by practicing, and some learn from books.

A good 'Bake Off,' for me, is just about cakes and nice people - and that's a successful show.

I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.

Can you braid three strands? Then you can make babkallah. The very idea of babkallah came about because the recipe avoids the complicating twisting technique that gives babka its signature swirl.