For unknown foods, the nose acts always as a sentinal and cries. 'Who goes there?'
Jean Anthelme Brillat-SavarinDear gourmands! my bowels yearn towards them as a father's toward his children. They are so good natured! They have such sparkling eyes!
Jean Anthelme Brillat-SavarinAn intelligently planned feast is like a summing up of the whole world, where each part is represented by its envoys.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-SavarinIn the centre of a spacious table rose a pastry as large as a church, flanked on the north by a quarter of cold veal, on the south by an enormous ham, on the east by a monumental pile of butter, and on the west by an enormous dish of artichokes, with a hot sauce.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin