"The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of the human race than the discovery of a star."
- Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
"Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are."
"The host took care to produce one or another of these whenever the current subjects seemed about used up, so that the conversation gathered new life and at the same time steered clear of political arg..."
"The destiny of nations depends upon the manner in which they feed themselves."
- Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
"Seating themselves on the greensward, they eat while the corks fly and there is talk, laughter and merriment, and perfect freedom, for the universe is their drawing room and the sun their lamp. Beside..."
"There are neither raptures, nor ecstasies, nor transports of bliss in the pleasures of the table; but they make up in duration what they lose in intensity, and are distinguished above all by the merit..."