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Ivan R Dee, Inc Brillat-Savarin The Judge and His Stomach 2008 Edition by Giles Macdonogh
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.