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.

Meals, in the sense in which we understand this word, began with the second age of the human species.

Let the progress of the meal be slow, for dinner is the last business of the day; and let the guests conduct themselves like travelers due to reach their destination together.

The most indispensable qualification of a cook is punctuality. The same must be said of guests.

The sense of smell, like a faithful counsellor, foretells its character.

Salad freshens without enfeebling and fortifies without irritating.

A meal without wine is like a day without sun