Gluttony is mankind's exclusive prerogative.

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

If one swallows a cup of chocolate only three hours after a copious lunch, everything will be perfectly digested and there will still be room for dinner.

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

The number of flavors is infinite, for every soluble body has a peculiar flavor, like none other.

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.

In the hands of an able cook, fish can become an inexhaustible source of perpetual delight.