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Brillat-Savarin

The Judge and His Stomach

Giles MacDonogh author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Ivan R Dee, Inc

Published:20th Mar '08

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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.

An engaging and well-researched biography...Brillat-Savarin emerges as an enormously likeable man. -- Christina Hardyment * Independent *
MacDonogh explores with elegance and scholarship the world of revolutionaries and gourmets. -- Robin Smyth * Observer *
Highly readable...a convincing portrait of this marvelous hedonist. -- Bruce Palling * Country Life *
"An excellent, absorbing, and very amusing book." -- Jennifer Patterson * Literary Review *

ISBN: 9781566637176

Dimensions: 231mm x 154mm x 19mm

Weight: 390g

256 pages