I am essentially an amateur medecin, and this to me is almost a mania. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Read Quote
The senses are the organs by which man places himself in connexion with exterior objects. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Read Quote
Those persons who suffer from indigestion, or who become drunk, are utterly ignorant of the true principles of eating and drinking. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Read Quote
The torrent of centuries rolling over the human race, has continually brought new perfections, the cause of which, ever active though unseen, is found in the demands made by our senses, which always in their turns demand to be occupied. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Read Quote
The number of flavors is infinite, for every soluble body has a peculiar flavor, like none other. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Read Quote
Taste, which enables us to distinguish all that has a flavor from that which is insipid. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Read Quote
The first thing we become convinced of is that man is organized so as to be far more sensible of pain than of pleasure. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Read Quote
The centuries last passed have also given the taste important extension; the discovery of sugar, and its different preparations, of alcoholic liquors, of wine, ices, vanilla, tea and coffee, have given us flavors hitherto unknown. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Read Quote
Nothing is more pleasant than to see a pretty woman, her napkin well placed under her arms, one of her hands on the table, while the other carries to her mouth, the choice piece so elegantly carved. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Read Quote
