The sense of smell explores; deleterious substances almost always have an unpleasant smell.

I am a strong partisan of second causes, and I believe firmly that the entire gallinaceous order has been merely created to furnish our larders and our banquets.

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.

The centuries last passed have also given the taste important extension; the discovery of sugar, and its different preparations, of alcoholic liquors, of wine, ices, vanilla, tea and coffee, have given us flavors hitherto unknown.

The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.

Every cure of obesity must begin with these three essential precepts:discretion in eating, moderation in sleeping, and exercise.

Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye