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Famous Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Quotes
“A dessert without cheese is like a beautiful woman with no heart.”
“Whosoever says truffle, utters a grand word, which awakens erotic and gastronomic ideas.”
“For unknown foods, the nose acts always as a sentinal and cries. 'Who goes there?'”
“Beasts feed. Man eats. Only the man of intellect knows how to eat.”
“The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.”
“Animals feed themselves; men eat; but only wise men know the art of eating”
“In the hands of an able cook, fish can become an inexhaustible source of perpetual delight.”
“Poultry is for the cook what canvas is for a painter, or the cap of Fortunatus for a conjurer.”
“Salad freshens without enfeebling and fortifies without irritating.”
“Those from whom nature has withheld taste invented trousers.”
“Turkey is undoubtedly one of the best gifts that the New World has made to the Old.”
“No man under forty can be dignified with the title of gourmet.”