Those persons who suffer from indigestion, or who become drunk, are utterly ignorant of the true principles of eating and drinking.

The sense of smell, like a faithful counsellor, foretells its character.

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

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

In the state of society in which we now find ourselves, it is difficult to imagine a nation which lived solely on bread and vegetables.

Food is all those substances which, submitted to the action of the stomach, can be assimilated or changed into life by digestion, and can thus repair the losses which the human body suffers through the act of living.

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