Brillat Savarin: The Judge and His Stomach

by Giles MacDonogh

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781566637176
Publisher:	Dee, Ivan R. Publisher
Publication date:	05/25/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.74(d)

Editorial Reviews

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

An engaging and well-researched biography...Brillat-Savarin emerges as an enormously likeable man.

Independent - Christina Hardyment

MacDonogh explores with elegance and scholarship the world of revolutionaries and gourmets.

Observer - Robin Smyth

Highly readable...a convincing portrait of this marvelous hedonist.

Country Life - Bruce Palling

"An excellent, absorbing, and very amusing book."

Literary Review - Jennifer Patterson