To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist - the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.

Oscar Wilde

Food, Oil, Cooking

1880 Vera, or The Nihilists, act 2.

I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

Oscar Wilde

Food, Oysters, Sick

I should have remembered that when one is going to lead an entirely new life, one requires regular and wholesome meals.

Oscar Wilde

Food, Should Have, Cooking

Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.270, Penguin

It is a very poor consolation to be told that the man who has given one a bad dinner, or poor wine, is irreproachable in private life. Even the cardinal virtues cannot atone for half-cold entrees.

Oscar Wilde

Food, Wine, Men

Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.823, GENERAL PRESS