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.

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

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

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

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

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

To eat is to appropriate by destruction.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

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.

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

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