It matters not how simple the food - a chop, steak or a plain boiled or roast joint, but let it be of good quality and properly cooked, and everyone …

- Alexis Soyer

Sauces in cookery are like the first rudiments of grammar - the foundation of all languages.

- Alexis Soyer

Pork - no animal is more used for nourishment and none more indispensable in the kitchen; employed either fresh or salt, all is useful, even to its b…

- Alexis Soyer

What is more refreshing than salads when your appetite seems to have deserted you, or even after a capacious dinner — the nice, fresh, green, and cri…

- Alexis Soyer

Without the assistance of eating and drinking, the most sparkling wit would be as heavy as a bad soufflé, and the brightest talent as dull as a looki…

- Alexis Soyer