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.

The destiny of nations depends on how they nourish themselves.

The table is the only place where we do not get weary during the first hour.

If any man has drunk a little too deeply from the cup of physical pleasure; if he has spent too much time at his desk that should have been spent asleep; if his fine spirits have become temporarily dulled; if he finds the air too damp, the minutes too slow, and the atmosphere too heavy to withstand; if he is obsessed by a fixed idea which bars him from any freedom of thought: if he is any of these poor creatures, we say, let him be given a good pint of amber-flavored chocolate... and marvels will be performed.

When I need a word and do not find it in French, I select it from other tongues, and the reader has either to understand or translate me. Such is my fate.

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.

For unknown foods, the nose acts always as a sentinal and cries. 'Who goes there?'