To claim that wines should not be changed is a heresy; the palate becomes saturated and after the third glass the best of wines arouses nothing but an obscure sensation.

I am essentially an amateur medecin, and this to me is almost a mania.

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.

The most indispensable qualification of a cook is punctuality. The same must be said of guests.

Gourmandise is an impassioned, rational, and habitual preference for all objects which flatter the sense of taste.

I am not accustomed to take my wine in pills.

The Spanish ladies of the New World are madly addicted to chocolate, to such a point that, not content to drink it several times each day, they even have it served to them in church.