Culmination Quote by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

In fine, the truffle is the very diamond of gastronomy.

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Truffles must come to the table in their own stock and as you break open this jewel sprung from a poverty-stricken soil, imagine -…

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

I worked at the Sheraton Commander Hotel, which was my first hotel job. They were doing nouvelle cuisine so it was the first time…

— Paul Wahlberg

I am the worst at the grocery store. It turns into three carts. It turns into, 'Oh did you see the truffle cheese? We've…

— Guy Fieri

“I have to try hard—but I do succeed—to not burst out laughing when he compares my breasts to a perfectly cooked creme brulee—'souple mais…

— Frances Gendlin

...the true spirit of gastronomic joylessness. Porridge fills the Englishman up, and prunes clear him out.

— E. M. Forster

“When we were still living at home, all he ever drank was cola, huge amounts of it; he had no problem knocking back an…

— Herman Koch

“Picciola!’ said the Doctor to himself; and aloud, ‘Then you have time to enjoy them?’ ‘When we are at work at a distance, dinner…

— Charlotte Mary Yonge

“Some people drip wax on themselves like a human chianti bottle to see if they feel anything….but getting a wicker basket to fit them…

— Josh Stern

“Probably he had some endearing trait: he whistled, offkey, in the shower, he had a yen for truffles, he called his dog Liebchen and…

— Margaret Atwood

“Here was our future of cheese-food and aerosol propellants, Styrofoam and Club Med on the moon, roast beef served in a toothpaste tube.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

“His popcorn exploded with truffle oil and shaved Parmesan, or chopped pretzels and chewy flecks of caramel. Today’s batch smelled like curry and toasted…

— Lauren Kate