“A connoisseur of gastronomy was congratulated on his appointment as a director of indirect contributions at Periguex: and, above all, in the pleasure there would be in living in the midst of good cheer, in the country of truffles, partridges, truffled turkeys, and so forth. "Alas!" replied with a sigh the sad gastronomer, "can one really live at all in a country where there is no fresh sea-fish?"” CountryWould BePleasureSeaFoodDirectorsFishesContributionMidstCheerSighAlasTurkeysAppointmentsIndirectConnoisseurGood CheerTruffles Author:Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
“Those truffled turkeys, of which the reputation and the price are still increasing, appear like beneficient stars, and make the eyes sparkle of all sorts of gourmands of every category, whilst their faces beam with delight and they themselves dance with pleasure.” StillsEyeFacesStarsPleasureFoodDelightReputationCategoriesTurkeysBeamSparkle Author:Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
“From my table inside I watch the glamorous women outside who are lunching on Spa Cobb salads without blue cheese or dressing. The man with the bread basket wanders from table to table, lonesome as a cloud. When he comes to me his basket is full and perfectly arranged. He gives me a smile of sincere pleasure when I tell him I will take both the sourdough roll and the cheese stick.” MenGivingPleasureWatchesFoodHe ManGive MeBlueTablesCookingSticksCloudsBreadWanderCulinarySincereCheeseDressingsGlamorousSaladBasketsLonesomeSpasBlue Cheese Author:Ann Patchett
“I would stand transfixed before the windows of the confectioners' shops, fascinated by the luminous sparkle of candied fruits, the cloudy lustre of jellies, the kaleidoscope inflorescence of acidulated fruit drops - red, green, orange, violet: I coveted the colours themselves as much as the pleasure they promised me.” PleasureFoodRedWindowGreenCookingFruitColourShopsCulinaryFascinatedOrangeVioletLuminousSparkleJellyCloudyKaleidoscopeRed Green Author:Simone de Beauvoir
“If we breathe the scent of goodly grass, the fragrance of spices, the aroma of good fruits, we pronounce a blessing over the pleasure.” IfsPleasureFoodBlessingCookingFruitBreatheGrassCulinaryScentFragranceSpicesAroma Author:Shmuel Yosef Agnon
“It is agreed by most men, that the Eele is a most daintie fish; the Romans have esteemed her the Helena of their feasts, and some The Queen of pleasure.” MenPleasureFoodCookingFishesQueensCulinary Book:The compleat angler Source: The compleat angler
“Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.” IfsBodyPleasureFoodCookingWineCulinaryLackingModerationStrengtheningDetrimental Author:Pliny the Elder
“Talking of Pleasure, this moment I was writing with one hand, and with the other holding to my Mouth a Nectarine - how good how fine. It went down all pulpy, slushy, oozy, all its delicious embonpoint melted down my throat like a large, beatified Strawberry.” WritingMomentsHandsPleasureTalkingFoodFineMouthsCookingCulinaryThroatDeliciousStrawberriesNectarines Book:The Complete Works of John Keats Source: The Complete Works of John Keats