'Monsieur,' Madame d'Arestel, Superior of the convent of the Visitation at Belley, once said to me more than fifty years ago, 'whenever you want to have a really good cup of chocolate, make it the day before, in a porcelain coffeepot, and let it set. The night's rest will concentrate it and give it a velvety quality which will make it better. Our good God cannot possibly take offense at this little refinement, since he himself is everything that is most perfect.'
The fate of a nation depends on the way that they eat. - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
The fate of a nation depends on the way that they eat.
- Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye
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. - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
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.
A meal without wine is like a day without sun - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
A meal without wine is like a day without sun
Animals feed themselves; men eat; but only wise men know the art of eating - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Animals feed themselves; men eat; but only wise men know the art of eating
To know how to eat well, one must first know how to wait. - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
To know how to eat well, one must first know how to wait.
The senses are the organs by which man places himself in connexion with exterior objects. - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
The senses are the organs by which man places himself in connexion with exterior objects.
The pleasure of the table belongs to all ages, to all conditions, to all countries, and to all areas; it mingles with all other pleasures, and remain… - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
The pleasure of the table belongs to all ages, to all conditions, to all countries, and to all areas; it mingles with all other pleasures, and remain…
The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star. - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.
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