THE GREEDY BOOK

“How admirable and beautiful are eating and drinking, and what a great invention the human digestive system is! How much better to be a man than an alligator! The alligator can fast for a year and a half, whereas five hours’ abstinence will set an edge on the most pampered human appetite. Nature has advanced a little since Mesozoic times. I feel certain that there are whole South Seas of discovery yet to be made in the art and science of eating and drinking.”

John Davidson

LES SENS: par Bertall

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THE
GREEDY BOOK

A GASTRONOMICAL ANTHOLOGY