Cookery is a wholly unselfish art: as 'art for art's sake' it is unthinkable. A man may sing in his bath every morning without the least encouragement, but no cook can cook just for his or her own sake in a like manner. All good cooks, like all great artists, must have an audience worth cooking for.

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

Cookery is a wholly unselfish art: as 'art for art's sake' it is unthinkable. A man may sing in his bath every morning without the least encouragement, but no cook can cook just for his or her own sake in a like manner. All good cooks, like all great artists, must have an audience worth cooking for.

A man dies too young if he leaves any wine in his cellar.

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

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

Chicken may be eaten constantly without becoming nauseating.