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The Truffle Is Not A Positive Aphrodisiac, But It Can Upon Occasion Make Women Tenderer And Men More Apt To Love.

In The Centre Of A Spacious Table Rose A Pastry As Large As A Church, Flanked On The North By A Quarter Of Cold Veal, On The South By An Enormous Ham, On The East By A Monumental Pile Of Butter, And On The West By An Enormous Dish Of Artichokes, With A Hot Sauce.

Frying Gives Cooks Numerous Ways Of Concealing What Appeared The Day Before And In A Pinch Facilitates Sudden Demands, For It Takes Little More Time To Fry A Four-pound Carp Than To Boil An Egg.

In Fine, The Truffle Is The Very Diamond Of Gastronomy.

Beasts Feed. Man Eats. Only The Man Of Intellect Knows How To Eat.