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

I cannot but bless the memory of Julius Caesar, for the great esteem he expressed for fat men and his aversion to lean ones.

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

To eat is to appropriate by destruction.

Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea? How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.

One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.

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. 

Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.

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

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

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

No lyric poems live long or please many people which are written by drinkers of water.

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.