When I got to France I realized I didn't know very much about food at …

Julia Child
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When I got to France I realized I didn't know very much about food at all. I'd never had a real cake. I'd had those cakes from cake mixes or the ones that have a lot of baking powder in them. A really good French cake doesn't have anything like that in it - it's all egg power. ✨ Interview with Polly Frost, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 16, 2009.
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