Gastronomy Quotes

Everything in this room is edible. Even I'm edible. But, that would be called canibalism. It is looked down upon in most societies.

And he, like many jaded people, had few pleasures left in life save good food and drink.

Short story collections are the literary equivalent of canapés, tapas and mezze in the world of gastronomy: Delightful assortments of tasty morsels to whet the reader's appetite.

No one was irritable; we have never known anyone to remain unhappy while digesting a good meal. We enjoy lingering in a becalmed state, a kind of midpoint between the reverie of a thinker and the contentment of a cud-chewing animal, a state that should be termed the physical melancholy of gastronomy.