To invite people to dine with us is to make ourselves responsible for their well-being for as long as they are under our roofs.

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

No man under forty can be dignified with the title of gourmet.

Those truffled turkeys, of which the reputation and the price are still increasing, appear like beneficient stars, and make the eyes sparkle of all sorts of gourmands of every category, whilst their faces beam with delight and they themselves dance with pleasure.

Alcohol is the monarch of liquids.

When you have breakfasted well and fully, if you will drink a big cup of chocolate at the end you will have digested the whole perfectly three hours later, and you will still be able to dine. Because of my scientific enthusiasm and the sheer force of my eloquence I have persuaded a number of ladies to try this, although they were convinced it would kill them; they have always found themselves in fine shape indeed, and have not forgotten to give the Professor his rightful due.

Whosoever says truffle, utters a grand word, which awakens erotic and gastronomic ideas.