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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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born

April 01, 1755 in Belley, France

died

February 02, 1826

gender

male

genre

Cooking, Food & Wine

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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, a French lawyer and politician, and gained fame as an epicure and gastronome. He was born in the town of Belley, Ain, where the Rhone River then separated France from Savoy, to a family of lawyers. He studied law, chemistry and medicine in Dijon in his early years and thereafter practiced law in his hometown. In 1789, at the opening of the French Revolution, he was sent as a deputy to the Estates-General that soon became the National Constituent Assembly, where he acquired some limited fame, particularly for a public speech in defense of capital punishment. He adopted his second surname upon the death of an aunt named Savarin who left him her entire fortune on the condition that he adopt her name.

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Books by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Average rating: 4.14 · 301 ratings · 45 reviews · 5 distinct works

	The Physiology of Taste: Or, Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy (Harvest/Hbj Book) by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, M.F.K. Fisher (Translator) 4.12 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 1825 — 59 editions	My rating:
	The Philosopher in the Kitchen 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1981 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Essai historique et critique sur le duel, d'apr 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	The Handbook of Dining: Or How to Dine Theoretically, Philosophically, and Historically Considered (1859) by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Leonard Francis Simpson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Taste Culture Reader: Experiencing Food and Drink by Carolyn Korsmeyer (Editor), Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (Contributor), Mary Weismantel (Contributor) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

“The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness
of the human race than the discovery of a star.”
― Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

tags: astronomy , astronomy-vs-gastronomy , food , happiness

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“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.
”
― Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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“Seating themselves on the greensward, they eat while the corks fly and there is talk, laughter and merriment, and perfect freedom, for the universe is their drawing room and the sun their lamp. Besides, they have appetite, Nature's special gift, which lends to such a meal a vivacity unknown indoors, however beautiful the surroundings.”
― Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

tags: food

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