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040 _aKenya National Library Services.
082 _a641.013 BRI
100 _a Anthelme, Jean
_eAuthor
245 4 _aThe Physiology of taste, or meditations on transcendental gastronomy /
300 _aiviii, 446 pages,
_c21 cm.
490 _aEveryman's library ; 314
520 _aJean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755 – 1826) has been credited with founding the genre of the gastronomic essay, together with Grimod. A French lawyer and politician, Brillat-Savarin believed that all food, no matter how simple, should be prepared and consumed with great artistry. Though prosaic, his meditations on food are still considered important, and should be read in the leisurely, artistic way he approached food: "Those persons who suffer from indigestion, or who become drunk, are utterly ignorant of the true principles of eating and drinking."
650 _aPhilosophy
655 _2
_aNonfiction
700 _a M. F. K. Fisher
_eEditor
700 _aBill buford
_eEditor
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