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.

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

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

The Spanish ladies of the New World are madly addicted to chocolate, to such a point that, not content to drink it several times each day, they even have it served to them in church.

Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye

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.

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.