Brillat-Savarin: The Judge and His Stomach
Giles MacDonogh
256 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 1566637171
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Language: English
Publish: March 20, 2008
The first full and authoritative biography of the father of gastronomy. MacDonogh not only chronicles Brillat’s many pursuits, he also presents a fascinating picture of provincial France under the ancien regime and the dangerous years that followed its fall. The world of revolutionaries and gourmets explored with elegance and scholarship.-Observer.