Once fire was discovered, the instinct for improvement made men bring food to it. First to dry it, then to put it on the coals to cook.

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.

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.

The destiny of nations depends on how they nourish themselves.

Truffle isn't exactly aphrodisiac but under certain circumstances it tends to make women more tender and men more likable

All languages had their birth, their apogee and decline.

I appreciate the potato only as a protection against famine, except for that, I know of nothing more eminently tasteless.