Books Quote by Francine Segan

Chef: Any cook who swears in French.

— Henry Beard

When France was the only reference for chefs to learn, you could go everywhere in the world, and they would copy dishes directly because…

— Daniel Boulud

“The French dine to gratify, we to appease appetite,” observed John Sanderson. “We demolish dinner, they eat it.” The general misconception back home was…

— David McCullough

to "set the standard for beauty in classical and modem cookery, and attest to the distant future that the French chefs of the 19th…

— Marie-Antoine Careme

Sauce is certainly ancestral to French cooking. The technique is very tricky, but it's also very fundamental.

— Daniel Boulud

Larousse Gastronomique is a veritable dictionary of cooking terms for the French kitchen. If a chef were allowed only one book, this would have…

— Mario Batali

Cooking was taken with such seriousness in France that even ordinary chefs were proud of their profession. That's what appealed to me.

— Julia Child

Mastering the Art of French Cooking... doesn't mean it has to be fancy cooking, although it can be as elaborate as you wish.

— Julia Child

The French peasant cuisine is at the basis of the culinary art. By this I mean it is composed of honest elements that la…

— Alexandre Dumaine

There's so much that can be learned from French cooking, especially really traditional, more modest meals.

— Antoni Porowski

When I studied at the Parisian cookery school Le Cordon Bleu, making shortcrust pastry was one of the first techniques I learned.

— Rachel Khoo

As young cook, especially in France, they're very tough in the kitchen. The idea is to make you humble and learn fast.

— Eric Ripert