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

Frying gives cooks numerous ways of concealing what appeared the day before and in a pinch facilitates sudden demands, for it takes little more time to fry a four-pound carp than to boil an egg.

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

Nothing is more pleasant than to see a pretty woman, her napkin well placed under her arms, one of her hands on the table, while the other carries to her mouth, the choice piece so elegantly carved.

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 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.

Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye