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.

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

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.

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

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

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

What is food to one is to others bitter poison.

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

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

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

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

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

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