The Physiology of Taste; Or, Transcendental Gastronomy
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Brillat-Savarin (1783-1833) made famous the aphorism, "Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you who you are." He believed that food defines a nation.
Chapters (30)
- THE PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE;
- ILLUSTRATED BY ANECDOTES OF DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS AND STATESMEN OF BOTH CONTINENTS. BY BRILLAT SAVARIN.
- TRANSLATED FROM THE LAST PARIS EDITION BY FAYETTE ROBINSON.
- CONTENTS.
- MEDITATION I. THE SENSES,
- MEDITATION II. TASTE,
- MEDITATION III. GASTRONOMY,
- MEDITATION IV. APPETITE,
- MEDITATION VII. THEORY OF FRYING,
- MEDITATION VIII. ON THIRST,
- MEDITATION IX. ON DRINKS,
- MEDITATION X. AN EPISODE ON THE END OF THE WORLD, MEDITATION XI. ON GOURMANDISE,
- MEDITATION XII. GOURMANDS,
- MEDITATION XIII. GASTRONOMICAL TESTS,
- MEDITATION XV. HALTES DE CHASSE,
- MEDITATION XVI. ON DIGESTION,
- MEDITATION XVII. REPOSE,
- MEDITATION XVIII. SLEEP,
- MEDITATION XIX. DREAMS,
- MEDITATION XX. INFLUENCE OF DIET ON REST, SLEEP AND DREAMS,
- MEDITATION XXI. OBESITY,
- MEDITATION XXII. PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT AND CURE OF OBESITY,
- MEDITATION XXIII. THINNESS,
- MEDITATION XXIV. FASTING,
- MEDITATION XXV. EXHAUSTION,
- MEDITATION XXVI. DEATH, MEDITATION XXVII. PHILOSOPHICAL HISTORY OF THE KITCHEN,
- MEDITATION XXVIII. RESTAURATEURS,
- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
- BIOGRAPHY
- PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE.
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