In 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.

Sight and touch, being thus increased in capacity, might belong to some species far superior to man; or rather the human species would be far different had all the senses been thus improved.

I am not accustomed to take my wine in pills.

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

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.

Whosoever says truffle, utters a grand word, which awakens erotic and gastronomic ideas.

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