The number of flavors is infinite, for every soluble body has a peculiar flavor, like none other.

An intelligently planned feast is like a summing up of the whole world, where each part is represented by its envoys.

Dear gourmands! my bowels yearn towards them as a father's toward his children. They are so good natured! They have such sparkling eyes!

He who receives his friends and gives no personal attention to the meal which is being prepared for them, is not worthy of having friends.

At the time I write, the glory of the truffle has now reached its culmination. Who would dare to say that he has been at a dinner where there was not a pièce truffée? Who has not felt his mouth water in hearing truffles a la provencale spoken of? In fine, the truffle is the very diamond of gastronomy.

The truffle is not a positive aphrodisiac, but it can upon occasion make women tenderer and men more apt to love.

The destiny of nations depends on how they nourish themselves.