Beasts feed. Man eats. Only the man of intellect knows how to eat. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin More Quotes by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin More Quotes From Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin A meal without wine is like a day without sun Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin alcoholwinesun I appreciate the potato only as a protection against famine, except for that, I know of nothing more eminently tasteless. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin appreciatevegetablesappreciation 'Monsieur,' Madame d'Arestel, Superior of the convent of the Visitation at Belley, once said to me more than fifty years ago, 'whenever you want to have a really good cup of chocolate, make it the day before, in a porcelain coffeepot, and let it set. The night's rest will concentrate it and give it a velvety quality which will make it better. Our good God cannot possibly take offense at this little refinement, since he himself is everything that is most perfect.' Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin foodnightyears Turkey is undoubtedly one of the best gifts that the New World has made to the Old. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin turkeyscookingfood Alcohol is the monarch of liquids. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin monarchsliquidalcohol Poultry is for the cook what canvas is for a painter, or the cap of Fortunatus for a conjurer. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin cookingfoodinspirational The dyspeptic and the drunkard do not know how to eat or drink. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin drinkknow-howwine An intelligently planned feast is like a summing up of the whole world, where each part is represented by its envoys. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin summing-upwholeworld It is the duty of all papas and mammas to forbid their children to drink coffee, unless they wish to have little dried-up machines, stunted and old at the age of twenty... once saw a man in London, in Leicester Square, who had been crippled by immoderate indulgence in coffee; he was no longer in any pain, having grown accustomed to his condition, and had cut himself down to five or six cups a day. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin paincoffeechildren Another novelty is the tea-party, an extraordinary meal in that, being offered to persons that have already dined well, it supposes neither appetite nor thirst, and has no object but distraction, no basis but delicate enjoyment. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin noveltypartytea The Spanish ladies of the New World are madly addicted to chocolate, to such a point that, not content to drink it several times each day, they even have it served to them in church. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin chocolatechurcheach-day The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth, and he that is wise will not abhor them. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin ayurvedamedicinewise In the centre of a spacious table rose a pastry as large as a church, flanked on the north by a quarter of cold veal, on the south by an enormous ham, on the east by a monumental pile of butter, and on the west by an enormous dish of artichokes, with a hot sauce. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin vegetablesrosefood La truffe n'est point un aphrodisiaque positif; mais elle peut, en certaines occasions, rendre les femmes plus tendres et les hommes plus aimables. The truffle is not a true aphrodisiac; but in certain circumstances it can make women more affectionate and men more attentive. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin trufflesaphrodisiacmen Gastronomers of the year 1825, who find sateity in the lap of abundance, and dream of some newly-made dishes, you will not enjoy the discoveries which science has in store for the year 1900, such as foods drawn from the mineral kingdom, liqueurs produced by the pressure of a hundred atmospheres; you will never see the importations which travelers yet unborn will bring to you from that half of the globe which has still to be discovered or explored. How I pity you! Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin dreamfoodyears Every cure of obesity must begin with these three essential precepts:discretion in eating, moderation in sleeping, and exercise. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin essentialsexercisesleep At the time I write, the glory of the truffle has now reached its culmination. Who would dare to say that he has been at a dinner where there was not a pièce truffée? Who has not felt his mouth water in hearing truffles a la provencale spoken of? In fine, the truffle is the very diamond of gastronomy. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin writingfoodwater Meals, in the sense in which we understand this word, began with the second age of the human species. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin mealshumansage Truffle isn't exactly aphrodisiac but under certain circumstances it tends to make women more tender and men more likable Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin aphrodisiacfoodmen To claim that wines should not be changed is a heresy; the palate becomes saturated and after the third glass the best of wines arouses nothing but an obscure sensation. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin obscureglasseswine
