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

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

Alcohol carries the pleasures of the palate to their highest degree.

Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye

In the hands of an able cook, fish can become an inexhaustible source of perpetual delight.

Gourmandism is an act of judgment, by which we prefer things which have a pleasant taste to those which lack this quality.

The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.