Fish without wine is like egg without salt.

Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.

Good food is the basis of true happiness

Soup puts the heart at ease, calms down the violence of hunger, eliminates the tension of the day, and awakens and refines the appetite.

Fish without wine is like egg without salt.

Of all the items on the menu, soup is that which exacts the most delicate perfection and the strictest attention.

Rice is the best, the most nutritive and unquestionably the most widespread staple in the world.