Jellies are to cold cookery what consommes and stock are to hot. If anything, the former are perhaps more important: for a cold entree - however perfect it may be in itself - is nothing without its accompanying jelly. Auguste Escoffier More Quotes by Auguste Escoffier More Quotes From Auguste Escoffier Having realised that in cooking there was a vast field of study and development, I said to myself, 'Although I had not originally intended to enter this profession, since I am in it, I will work in such a fashion that I will rise above the ordinary, and I will do my best to raise again the prestige of the chef de cuisine.' Auguste Escoffier i-am best myself work Great dangers give birth to great resolutions. Auguste Escoffier resolutions give great birth