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

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

Fish without wine is like egg without salt.

People who do not accept the new, grow old very quickly.

Good food is the basis of true happiness

Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.

So long as people don't know how to eat they will not have good cooks.