You first parents of the human race...who ruined yourself for an apple, what might you have done for a truffled turkey?

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

For unknown foods, the nose acts always as a sentinal and cries. 'Who goes there?'

The 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.

I appreciate the potato only as a protection against famine, except for that, I know of nothing more eminently tasteless.

Animals feed themselves; men eat; but only wise men know the art of eating

The table is the only place where we do not get weary during the first hour.