Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.

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.

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

The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.

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.

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

A great step toward independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.

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.

Thought depends absolutely on the stomach, but in spite of that, those who have the best stomachs are not the best thinkers.

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. 

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