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

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

’Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.

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.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Why is not a rat as good as a rabbit? Why should men eat shrimps and neglect cockroaches?

He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.

What is food to one is to others bitter poison.

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

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.

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

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.