Quotes from Louis Pullig De Gouy

Like the whale who swallowed Jonah, we have engulfed all national dishes known to civilized man and made them in delight, if not in name our own.

Soup is to the meal, what the hostesses smile of welcome is to the party. A prelude to the goodness to come.

Soup is cuisine's kindest course. It breathes reassurance; it steams consolation; after a weary day it promotes sociability, as the five o'clock cup of tea or the cocktail hour.