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In general, mankind, since the improvement in cookery, eats twice

In general, mankind, since the improvement in cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires. – Benjamin Franklin

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Among the numerous luxuries of the table…coffee may be considered as one of the most valuable. It excites cheerfulness without intoxication; and the pleasing flow of spirits which it occasions…is never followed by sadness, languor or debility. – Benjamin Franklin

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Coffee (or Tea)
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Benjamin Franklin
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He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise. – Henry David Thoreau

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Good food is wise medicine. – Alison Levitt M.D., Doctor in the Kitchen®, www.drinthekitchen.com

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The time indeed is at hand when systematic lectures on food will be part of medical education, when the value of feeding in disease is admitted to be as important as the administration of medicines. – John Milner Fothergill

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Unquiet meals make ill digestions. – William Shakespeare

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