All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.
(Lucy Van Pelt, "Peanuts")

I may not be healthy or wealthy or wise;
I may not have dreamy, mysterious eyes;
I may not wear clothes from a French fashion book;
But I'm never lonely, for boy, I can cook!
(Anon.)

There's nothing sexier than a poached pear with a perfect sorbet.
(Lisa Hershey, "The Art of the Plated Dessert")

Whosoever says truffle, utters a grand word, which awakens erotic and gastronomic ideas...
(Jean Brillat-Savarin, "The Physiology of Taste")