Cooking Is One Of The Oldest Arts

The Limits Of Pleasure Are As Yet Neither Known Nor Fixed, And That We Have No Idea What Degree Of Bodily Bliss We Are Capable Of Attaining.

At The Time I Write, The Glory Of The Truffle Has Now Reached Its Culmination. Who Would Dare To Say That He Has Been At A Dinner Where There Was Not A Pièce Truffée? Who Has Not Felt His Mouth Water In Hearing Truffles A La Provencale Spoken Of? In Fine, The Truffle Is The Very Diamond Of Gastronomy.

The Centuries Last Passed Have Also Given The Taste Important Extension; The Discovery Of Sugar, And Its Different Preparations, Of Alcoholic Liquors, Of Wine, Ices, Vanilla, Tea And Coffee, Have Given Us Flavors Hitherto Unknown.

When You Have Breakfasted Well And Fully, If You Will Drink A Big Cup Of Chocolate At The End You Will Have Digested The Whole Perfectly Three Hours Later, And You Will Still Be Able To Dine. Because Of My Scientific Enthusiasm And The Sheer Force Of My Eloquence I Have Persuaded A Number Of Ladies To Try This, Although They Were Convinced It Would Kill Them; They Have Always Found Themselves In Fine Shape Indeed, And Have Not Forgotten To Give The Professor His Rightful Due.

The Discovery Of A New Dish Confers More Happiness On Humanity, Than The Discovery Of A New Star.