Black coffee must be strong and very hot; if strong coffee does not agree with you, do not drink black coffee. And if you do not drink black coffee, do not drink any coffee at all.

Cookery is a wholly unselfish art: All good cooks, like all great artists, must have an audience worth cooking for.

Black coffee must be strong and very hot; if strong coffee does not agree with you, do not drink black coffee. And if you do not drink black coffee, do not drink any coffee at all.

Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized.

Food without wine is a corpse; wine without food is a ghost; united and well matched they are as body and soul, living partners.

Wine makes every meal an occasion.

The first of all considerations is that our meals shall be fun as well as fuel.