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

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

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them. 

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

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

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

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

Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.

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

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

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

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.

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