A man who is careful with his palate is not likely to be careless with his paragraphs. — Clifton Fadiman Copy Share Image
An epicure is one who gets nothing better than the cream of everything but cheerfully makes the best of it. — Oliver Herford Copy Share Image
If penicillin can cure those that are ill, Spanish sherry can bring the dead back to life. — Alexander Fleming Copy Share Image
Everything Changes. The only thing that remains immovable across the centuries and fixes the character of a people is cooking. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
It is odd how all men develop the notion, as they grow older, that their mothers were wonderful cooks. I have yet… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Gourmandise is an impassioned, rational, and habitual preference for all objects which flatter the sense of taste. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Copy Share Image
In most households a cup of coffee is considered the one thing needful at the breakfast hour. But how often this exhilarating… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Clearly it is not the lovelorn sufferer who seeks solace in chocolate, but rather the chocolate-deprived individual, who, desperate, seeks in mere… — Sandra Boynton Copy Share Image
Hell is probably quite similar to most Paris bistros ... a bit overheated, somewhat too crowded, and a little too noisy for… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“Nothing mitigates the throes of depression like a steaming plate of spaghetti and meatballs with marinara sauce and grated parmasan cheese, with… — Paul Clayton Copy Share Image
Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live. — Socrates Copy Share Image
I want a dish to taste good, rather than to have been seethed in pig's milk and served wrapped in a rhubarb… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
We load up on oat bran in the morning so we'll live forever. Then we spend the rest of the day living… — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
POTABLE, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Each sort of cheese reveals a pasture of a different green, under a different sky. — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
When I was alone, I lived on eggplant, the stove top cook's strongest ally.... — Laurie Colwin Copy Share Image
Three million frogs' legs are served in Paris - daily. Nobody knows what became of the rest of the frogs. — Fred Allen Copy Share Image
It is disgusting to notice the increase in the quantity of coffee used by my subjects, and the amount of money that… — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
I would rather live in Russia on black bread and vodka than in the United States at the best hotels. America knows… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
