Cooking is one of the oldest arts and one which has rendered us the most important service in civic life.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-SavarinThe torrent of centuries rolling over the human race, has continually brought new perfections, the cause of which, ever active though unseen, is found in the demands made by our senses, which always in their turns demand to be occupied.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-SavarinAll men, even those we call savages, have been so tormented by the passion for strong drinks, that limited as their capacities were, they were yet able to manufacture them.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-SavarinAt the time I write, the glory of the truffle has now reached its culmination. Who would dare to say that he has been at a dinner where there was not a piรจce truffรฉe? Who has not felt his mouth water in hearing truffles a la provencale spoken of? In fine, the truffle is the very diamond of gastronomy.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin