I will only observe, that that ethereal sense - sight, and touch, which is at the other extremity of the scale, have from time acquired a very remarkable additional power.

The dyspeptic and the drunkard do not know how to eat or drink.

Cooking is one of the oldest arts and one which has rendered us the most important service in civic life.

The fate of a nation depends on the way that they eat.

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

Another novelty is the tea-party, an extraordinary meal in that, being offered to persons that have already dined well, it supposes neither appetite nor thirst, and has no object but distraction, no basis but delicate enjoyment.

Place a substantial meal before a tired man and he will eat with effort and be little better for it at first. Give him a glass of wine or brandy, and immediately he feels better: you see him come to life again before you.