An intelligently planned feast is like a summing up of the whole world, where each part is represented by its envoys.

Burgundy makes you think of silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk about them, and Champagne makes you do them.

Those persons who suffer from indigestion, or who become drunk, are utterly ignorant of the true principles of eating and drinking.

Salad freshens without enfeebling and fortifies without irritating.

An intelligently planned feast is like a summing up of the whole world, where each part is represented by its envoys.

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.

If any man has drunk a little too deeply from the cup of physical pleasure; if he has spent too much time at his desk that should have been spent asleep; if his fine spirits have become temporarily dulled; if he finds the air too damp, the minutes too slow, and the atmosphere too heavy to withstand; if he is obsessed by a fixed idea which bars him from any freedom of thought: if he is any of these poor creatures, we say, let him be given a good pint of amber-flavored chocolate... and marvels will be performed.