The Physiology Of Taste : Or Meditations On Transcendental Gastronomy Paperback English by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin - 40858
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| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| ISBN 13 | 9780307390370 |
| ISBN 10 | 307390373 |
| Book Description | A delightful and hilarious classic about the joys of the table, The Physiology of Taste is the most famous book about food ever written. First published in France in 1825 and continuously in print ever since, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin's masterpiece is a historical, philosophical, and epicurean collection of recipes, reflections, and anecdotes on everything and anything gastronomical. Brillat-Savarin--who famously stated "Tell me what you eat and I shall tell you what you are"--shrewdly expounds upon culinary matters that still resonate today, from the rise of the destination restaurant to matters of diet and weight, and in M. F. K. Fisher, whose commentary is both brilliant and amusing, he has an editor with a sensitivity and wit to match his own. |
| Editorial Review | It takes someone like Brillat-Savarin to remind us that cooking need not be the fraught, perfectionist, slightly paranoid struggle that it has latterly become. His love of food is bound up with a taste for human error and indulgence, and that is why The Physiology of Taste is still the most civilized cookbook ever written. --The New Yorker "The Physiology of Taste is about the pleasures of the table--how to eat, when to eat, why to eat--but it is also about much, much more. Along the way, Brillat-Savarin philosophizes, gossips, and recalls past flirtations. . . . High spirited and irreverent, Fisher matches his philosophical meanderings. Her extensive translator's notes, which take up almost a quarter of the book, are funny and scholarly by turns." --San Francisco Chronicle |
| About the Author | Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826) was a lawyer and the mayor of Belley, France, before he fled the Revolution in 1793. After a brief exile in the United States, he returned to Paris and was appointed a judge in the court of appeals. He spent the last twenty-five years of his life living peacefully in Paris and writing The Physiology of Taste. Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher (1908-1992), author of Consider the Oyster, How to Cook a Wolf, and more than twenty other books about the art of eating well, is widely acknowledged as a pioneer of food writing as a literary genre. |
| Language | English |
| Author | Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin |
| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 40858 |
| Number of Pages | 464 |
The Physiology Of Taste : Or Meditations On Transcendental Gastronomy Paperback English by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin - 40858
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