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Plutarch relates, that Adda, queen of Candia, in gratitude for some favor conferred, sent the Macedonian conqueror all sorts of exquisite and rare viands, and the most skilful cooks in her dominions: Alexander returned both the meat and the cooks, with this memorable message, that, he "stood not in need of these delicacies, his tutor, Leonidas, having recommended to him, long before, some of the best cooks in the world, who instructed him to rise early, to take exercise, and to relish a plain supper--to dine absteniously.
--Walker's Hibernian Magazine, 1811, p. 400
February 11, 2008