Some dishes are of such indisputable excellence that their appearance alone is capable of arousing a level-headed man's degustatory powers. All those who, when presented with such a dish, show neither the rush of desire, nor the radiance of ecstasy, may justly be deemed unworthy of the honors of the sitting, and its related delights.

A connoisseur of gastronomy was congratulated on his appointment as a director of indirect contributions at Periguex: and, above all, in the pleasure there would be in living in the midst of good cheer, in the country of truffles, partridges, truffled turkeys, and so forth. "Alas!" replied with a sigh the sad gastronomer, "can one really live at all in a country where there is no fresh sea-fish?"

Truffle isn't exactly aphrodisiac but under certain circumstances it tends to make women more tender and men more likable

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

He who receives his friends and gives no personal attention to the meal which is being prepared for them, is not worthy of having friends.

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

Alcohol carries the pleasures of the palate to their highest degree.