"He had eaten; he had not dined," to adopt the distinction of Brillat-savarin.
"The Mark Of Cain"
Andrew Lang
The pleasures of the table, says savarin, bring neither enchantment, ecstasy, nor transports, but they gain in duration what they lose in intensity; they incline us favorably towards all other pleasures-at least help to console us for the loss of them.
"Manners and Social Usages"
Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
"Oh, my dear M. savarin!
"The Parisians, Book 11."
Edward Bulwer-Lytton