Poultry is for the cook what canvas is for a painter, or the cap of Fortunatus for a conjurer.

Nothing is more pleasant than to see a pretty woman, her napkin well placed under her arms, one of her hands on the table, while the other carries to her mouth, the choice piece so elegantly carved.

Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye

Hearing, which, by the motion of the air, informs us of the motion of sounding or vibrating bodies.

The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.

When I need a word and do not find it in French, I select it from other tongues, and the reader has either to understand or translate me. Such is my fate.

In fine, the truffle is the very diamond of gastronomy.