Brillat-Savarin: The Judge and His Stomach

by Giles Mac Donogh (Author)

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  Paperback
  2008

  $21.12

  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.