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The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of mankind, than the discovery of a new planet.

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Physiologie du Goût (1825)

La découverte d'un mets nouveau fait plus pour le bonheur du genre humain que la découverte d'une étoile.

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