The belly is the reason why man does not mistake himself for a god.

We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink, for dining alone is leading the life of a lion or wolf. 

For, say they, when cruising in an empty ship, if you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard for their own interest.

A woman should never be seen eating or drinking unless it be lobster salad and champagne, the only truly feminine and becoming viands.

What is food to one is to others bitter poison.

Most vegetarians I ever saw looked enough like their food to be classed as cannibals.

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.

‘Tis a superstition to insist on a special diet. All is made at last of the same chemical atoms.

Cooking is the most massive rush. It’s like having the most amazing hard-on, with Viagra sprinkled on top of it, and it’s still there twelve hours later.

Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts. 

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.