The dyspeptic and the drunkard do not know how to eat or drink.

The truffle is not a positive aphrodisiac, but it can upon occasion make women tenderer and men more apt to love.

The senses are the organs by which man places himself in connexion with exterior objects.

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

An intelligently planned feast is like a summing up of the whole world, where each part is represented by its envoys.

The centuries last passed have also given the taste important extension; the discovery of sugar, and its different preparations, of alcoholic liquors, of wine, ices, vanilla, tea and coffee, have given us flavors hitherto unknown.

It has been shown as proof positive that carefully prepared chocolate is as healthful a food as it is pleasant; that it is nourishing and easily digested... that it is above all helpful to people who must do a great deal of mental work.