Food is all those substances which, submitted to the action of the stomach, can be assimilated or changed into life by digestion, and can thus repair the losses which the human body suffers through the act of living.

No man under forty can be dignified with the title of gourmet.

The universe is nothing without the things that live in it, and everything that lives, eats.

Another novelty is the tea-party, an extraordinary meal in that, being offered to persons that have already dined well, it supposes neither appetite nor thirst, and has no object but distraction, no basis but delicate enjoyment.

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

Turkey is undoubtedly one of the best gifts that the New World has made to the Old.

To claim that wines should not be changed is a heresy; the palate becomes saturated and after the third glass the best of wines arouses nothing but an obscure sensation.