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The Physiology of Taste: Or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy
The Physiology of Taste Or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy Author:Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin M.F.K. Fisher's translation of Brillat-Savarin's masterpiece is a true marriage of minds and sensibilities, a classic against which all subsequent gastronomical writing must be measured Published in 1825 after some three decades of consuming research, The Physiology of Taste is the most famous book ever written about food. Witty and elegant, it... more » is a classic in the grandest sense. Brillat-Savarin set out to write about food and cookery, but his interests and enthusiasms ranged so widely over matters of the human spirit that they could hardly be contained, and his work-here in its greatest translation-is a masterpiece of world literature. A work spiced with style and wisdom, The Physiology of Taste remains among the most comprehensive, stimulating, and enjoyable works ever published on the subject of the senses and their pleasures. Epicureans by vocation and avocation will want this beautiful hardcover edition for their reference shelves.« less