Animals Feed Themselves; Men Eat; But Only

The Dyspeptic And The Drunkard Do Not Know How To Eat Or Drink.

Vegetables, Which Are The Lowest In The Scale Of Living Things, Are Fed By Roots, Which, Implanted In The Native Soil, Select By The Action Of A Peculiar Mechanism, Different Subjects, Which Serve To Increase And To Nourish Them.

La Volaille Est Pour La Cuisine Ce Qu'est La Toile Pour Les Peintres. Fowls Are To The Kitchen What His Canvas Is To The Painter.

Gourmandism Is An Act Of Judgment, By Which We Prefer Things Which Have A Pleasant Taste To Those Which Lack This Quality.

La Truffe N'est Point Un Aphrodisiaque Positif; Mais Elle Peut, En Certaines Occasions, Rendre Les Femmes Plus Tendres Et Les Hommes Plus Aimables. The Truffle Is Not A True Aphrodisiac; But In Certain Circumstances It Can Make Women More Affectionate And Men More Attentive.