To know how to eat well, one must first know how to wait..

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 o….

The most indispensable qualification of a cook is punctuality. The same must be said of guests..

All languages had their birth, their apogee and decline..

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

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

You first parents of the human race...who ruined yourself for an apple, what might you have done for a truffled turkey?.

A meal without wine is like a day without sun.

A man who was fond of wine was offered some grapes at dessert after dinner. "Much obliged," said he, pushing the plate aside, "I am not accustomed to….

In the hands of an able cook, fish can become an inexhaustible source of perpetual delight..

When you have breakfasted well and fully, if you will drink a big cup of chocolate at the end you will have digested the whole perfectly three hours ….

Nothing is more pleasant than to see a pretty woman, her napkin well placed under her arms, one of her hands on the table, while the other carries to….

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

The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth, and he that is wise will not abhor them..

For unknown foods, the nose acts always as a sentinal and cries. 'Who goes there?'.

Gastronomers of the year 1825, who find sateity in the lap of abundance, and dream of some newly-made dishes, you will not enjoy the discoveries whic….

No man under forty can be dignified with the title of gourmet..

A connoisseur of gastronomy was congratulated on his appointment as a director of indirect contributions at Periguex: and, above all, in the pleasure….

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are..

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..

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