“The pleasures of the table belong to all times and ages, to every country and every day; they go hand in hand with all our other pleasures, outlast them, and remain to console us for their loss.”

~Jean Anthelme Brillat Savarin, The Physiology of Taste

“Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art. It requires instinct
and taste rather than exact measurements.”

~Marcel Boulestin

(...French chef, restaurateur, and the author of cook books that brought French cuisine to the English-speaking world.)

“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.”

~ Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance

“An apple a day keeps anyone away if you throw it hard enough.”

~Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report

“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.”

~Bill Vaughn, American Columnist & Author