Atteno’clockthe’maitred’hotel’entered，andannouncedbreakfast，saying，’TheGeneralisserved.\"Wewenttobreakfast，andtherepastwasexceedinglysimple.Heatealmosteverymorningsomechicken，dressedwithoilandonions.Thisdishwasthen，Ibelieve，called’pouletalaProvencale’;butourrestaurateurshavesinceconferreduponitthemoreambitiousnameof’pouletalaMarengo.’
Bonapartedranklittlewine，alwayseitherclaretorBurgundy，andthelatterbypreference.Afterbreakfast，aswellasafterdinner，hetookacupofstrongcoffee.
——[M.BrillatdeSavarin，whosememoryisdeartoallgourmands，hadestablished，asagastronomicprinciple，that\"hewhodoesnottakecoffeeaftereachmealisassuredlynotamenoftaste.\"——
Bourrienne.]——
Ineversawhimtakeanybetweenhismeals，andIcannotimaginewhatcouldhavegivenrisetotheassertionofhisbeingparticularlyfondofcoffee.Whenheworkedlateatnightheneverorderedcoffee，butchocolate，ofwhichhemademetakeacupwithhim.Butthisonlyhappenedwhenourbusinesswasprolongedtilltwoorthreeinthemorning.