At present, I myself do not know of any local witches or warlocks, but there are several people who seem to have an uncanny power over food.

Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures.

Talleyrand said that two things are essential in life: to give good dinners and to keep on fair terms with women. As the years pass and fires cool, it can become unimportant to stay always on fair terms either with women or one's fellows, but a wide and sensitive appreciation of fine flavours can still abide with us, to warm our hearts.

It was there [Dijon], I now understand, that I started to grow up, to study, to make love, to eat and drink, to be me and not what I was expected to be. It was there that I learned it is blessed to receive, as well as that every human being, no matter how base, is worthy of my respect and even my envy because he knows something that I may never be old or wise or kind or tender enough to know.

Good wine, well drunk, can lend majesty to the human spirit.

A pleasant aperitif, as well as a good chaser for a short quick whiskey, as well again for a fine supper drink, is beer.

since we must eat to live, we might as well do it with both grace and gusto.