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“You never forget a beautiful thing that you have made,' [Chef Bugnard] said. 'Even after you eat it, it stays with you - always.”
― My Life in France
― My Life in France
“Once you have mastered a technique, you barely have to look at a recipe again”
― Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking
― Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking
“You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.”
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“Upon reflection, I decided I had three main weaknesses: I was confused (evidenced by a lack of facts, an inability to coordinate my thoughts, and an inability to verbalize my ideas); I had a lack of confidence, which cause me to back down from forcefully stated positions; and I was overly emotional at the expense of careful, 'scientific' though. I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was.”
― My Life in France
― My Life in France
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