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Frying gives cooks numerous ways of concealing what appeared the day before and in a pinch facilitates sudden demands, for it takes little more time to fry a four-pound carp than to boil an egg.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1755
Born: April 1
Died: 1826
Died: February 2
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In the state of society in which we now find ourselves, it is difficult to imagine a nation which lived solely on bread and vegetables.
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The destiny of nations depends on how they nourish themselves.
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La volaille est pour la cuisine ce qu'est la toile pour les peintres. Fowls are to the kitchen what his canvas is to the painter.
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The universe is nothing without the things that live in it, and everything that lives, eats.
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The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth, and he that is wise will not abhor them.
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The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.
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