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

In the hands of an able cook, fish can become an inexhaustible source of perpetual delight.

The fate of a nation depends on the way that they eat.

Dear gourmands! my bowels yearn towards them as a father's toward his children. They are so good natured! They have such sparkling eyes!

Gourmandism is an act of judgment, by which we prefer things which have a pleasant taste to those which lack this quality.

The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth, and he that is wise will not abhor them.

If one swallows a cup of chocolate only three hours after a copious lunch, everything will be perfectly digested and there will still be room for dinner.