Alexis Soyer Quotes & Sayings

Pork - no animal is more used for nourishment and none more indispensable in the kitchen; employed either fresh or salt, all is useful, even to its bristles and its blood; it is the superfluous riches of the farmer, and helps to pay the rent of the cottager. — Alexis Soyer

Sauces in cookery are like the first rudiments of grammar - the foundation of all languages. — Alexis Soyer

What is more refreshing than salads when your appetite seems to have deserted you. — Alexis Soyer

It matters not how simple the food - a chop, steak or a plain boiled or roast joint, but let it be of good quality and properly cooked, and everyone who partakes of it will enjoy it. — Alexis Soyer