we must admit to learning about Julia Child from the movie “Julie and Julia“, and at the end of the movie, we couldn’t tell who we loved more, Julia Child or Meryl Streep, who portrayed her flawlessly and effortlessly. there was a time we thought French cuisine to be cumbersome much like most of America once did but that was before Julia Child demystified and democratized it for us making it accessible, courageous and pleasurable. for self-taught cooks like us, it’s hard not to identify with her philosophy of fearless cooking, making mistakes along the way and learning from them, and the quintessential, pursuit of excellence over perfection. it doesn’t have to be perfect, she said. of all of Julia Child’s famous food quotes, this has got to be our favorite; as you’ll see from our infatuation with all things butter, and the occasional cheese, and not to leave out, the chocolate, all in no particular order.

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