Brillat-Savarin: The Judge and His Stomach
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (720 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1566630282 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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(Robin Smyth Observer )Highly readablea convincing portrait of this marvelous hedonist. (Bruce Palling Country Life )"An excellent, absorbing, and very amusing book." (Jennifer Patterson Literary Review ) . (Christina Hardyment Independent )MacDonogh explores with elegance and scholarship the world of revolutionaries and gourmets. An engaging and well-researched biographyBrillat-Savarin emerges as an enormously likeable man
He is recognized for his writings on wine and food, and for his book A Palate in Revolution. Giles MacDonogh was educated at Oxford and at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Practiques in Paris. He lives in London.
The first full and authoritative biography of the father of gastronomy. The world of revolutionaries and gourmets explored with elegance and scholarship observer.. MacDonogh not only chronicles Brillats many pursuits, he also presents a fascinating picture of provincial France under the ancien regime and the dangerous years that followed its fall
Great food anecdotes MacDonogh's biography of the 18th century French gastronome, public official and judge, Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, spans the French Revolution and the Napoleanic Empire. Brillat-Savarin, best known for the book written in the last years of his life, "The Physiolo. Pierre Cormon said A life torn between revolution ang gastronomy. Brillat-Savarin is without contest the nicest figure in french history. Far from beeing only a gourmet, he was also deeply involved in the events of the french revolution. Giles Mac Donogh renders perfectly the atmosphere of a life turned upside down by history, at a