The pleasures of the table belong to all times and ages, to every country and every day; they go hand in hand with all our other pleasures, outlast them, and remain to console us for their loss.

Turkey is undoubtedly one of the best gifts that the New World has made to the Old.

Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye

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.

All languages had their birth, their apogee and decline.

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 pleasure of the table belongs to all ages, to all conditions, to all countries, and to all areas; it mingles with all other pleasures, and remains at last to console us for their departure.