Andre Simon Quotes

#1. Food without wine is a corpse; wine without food is a ghost; united and well matched they are as body and soul, living partners.

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#2. Cookery is a wholly unselfish art: as 'art for art's sake' it is unthinkable. A man may sing in his bath every morning without the least encouragement, but no cook can cook just for his or her own sake in a like manner. All good cooks, like all great artists, must have an audience worth cooking for.

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#3. The first of all considerations is that our meals shall be fun as well as fuel.

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#4. Among the faithful, in the great kitchens of the world, Escoffier is to Careme what the New Testament is to the Old.

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#5. Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized.

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#6. Wine makes every meal an occasion.

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#7. A man dies too young if he leaves any wine in his cellar.

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#8. Black coffee must be strong and very hot; if strong coffee does not agree with you, do not drink black coffee. And if you do not drink black coffee, do not drink any coffee at all.

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#9. Chicken may be eaten constantly without becoming nauseating.

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