Cookery is a wholly unselfish art: as 'art for art's sake' it is unthinkable. A man may sing in his bath every morning without the least encouragemen…

- Andre Simon

Beans are highly nutritious and satisfying, they can also be delicious if and when properly prepared, and they posses over all vegetables the great a…

- Andre Simon

A man dies too young if he leaves any wine in his cellar.

- Andre Simon

Black coffee must be strong and very hot; if strong coffee does not agree with you, do not drink black coffee. And if you do not drink black coffee, …

- Andre Simon

The first of all considerations is that our meals shall be fun as well as fuel.

- Andre Simon

Cookery is a wholly unselfish art: All good cooks, like all great artists, must have an audience worth cooking for.

- Andre Simon

Among the faithful, in the great kitchens of the world, Escoffier is to Careme what the New Testament is to the Old.

- Andre Simon

Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized.

- Andre Simon

Food without wine is a corpse; wine without food is a ghost; united and well matched they are as body and soul, living partners.

- Andre Simon