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Brillat-Savarin : The Judge and His Stomach

AUTHOR: Giles MacDonogh
ISBN: 1566630282
SHORT DESCRIPTION: 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...

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Editorial Review

Brillat-Savarin : The Judge and His Stomach
- Book Review, by Giles MacDonogh

Jennifer Patterson, Literary Review
An excellent, absorbing, and very amusing book.

Bruce Palling, Country Life
Highly readable...a convincing portrait of this marvelous hedonist.

Robin Smyth, Observer
MacDonogh explores with elegance and scholarship the world of revolutionaries and gourmets.

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

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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

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Book Review

Brillat-Savarin : The Judge and His Stomach
- Book Reviews, by Giles MacDonogh

Brillat-Savarin: The Judge and His Stomach

FROM THE PUBLISHER

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

FROM THE CRITICS

Christina Hardyment - Independent.

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

Bruce Palling - Country Life

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

Jennifer Patterson - Literary Review

An excellent, absorbing, and very amusing book.

Smythe

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

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