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“The most indispensable qualification of a cook is punctuality. The same must be said of guests.”

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Vegetables, which are the lowest in the scale of living things, are fed by roots, which, implanted in the native soil, select by the…

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Animals feed themselves; men eat; but only wise men know the art of eating

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The senses are the organs by which man places himself in connexion with exterior objects.

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I am not accustomed to take my wine in pills.

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Those persons who suffer from indigestion, or who become drunk, are utterly ignorant of the true principles of eating and drinking.

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Sight and touch, being thus increased in capacity, might belong to some species far superior to man; or rather the human species would be…

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In the centre of a spacious table rose a pastry as large as a church, flanked on the north by a quarter of cold…

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Burgundy makes you think of silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk about them, and Champagne makes you do them.

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Gourmandise is an impassioned, rational and habitual preference for all objects that flatter the sense of taste.

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An intelligently planned feast is like a summing up of the whole world, where each part is represented by its envoys.

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To claim that wines should not be changed is a heresy; the palate becomes saturated and after the third glass the best of wines…

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