Whosoever says truffle, utters a grand word, which awakens erotic and gastronomic ideas.

Hearing, which, by the motion of the air, informs us of the motion of sounding or vibrating bodies.

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

Food is all those substances which, submitted to the action of the stomach, can be assimilated or changed into life by digestion, and can thus repair the losses which the human body suffers through the act of living.

Burgundy makes you think of silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk about them, and Champagne makes you do them.

An intelligently planned feast is like a summing up of the whole world, where each part is represented by its envoys.

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