In the state of society in which we now find ourselves, it is difficult to imagine a nation which lived solely on bread and vegetables.

Cooking is one of the oldest arts and one which has rendered us the most important service in civic life.

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

Place a substantial meal before a tired man and he will eat with effort and be little better for it at first. Give him a glass of wine or brandy, and immediately he feels better: you see him come to life again before you.

Salad freshens without enfeebling and fortifies without irritating.

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

The senses are the organs by which man places himself in connexion with exterior objects.