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The Physiology of Taste; Or, Transcendental Gastronomy

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The Physiology of Taste; Or, Transcendental Gastronomy

Brillat-Savarin and Fayette Robinson

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Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are: Brillat-Savarin's meditations on taste, appetite, gastronomy, and the theory of frying created food literature in one stroke. Aphorisms, anecdotes, and transcendental gastronomy from the wittiest table in France. The single most quoted food book ever written. Take your seat beside genius.

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30 chapters

  1. 1THE PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE;
  2. 2ILLUSTRATED BY ANECDOTES OF DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS AND STATESMEN OF BOTH CONTINENTS. BY BRILLAT SAVARIN.
  3. 3TRANSLATED FROM THE LAST PARIS EDITION BY FAYETTE ROBINSON.
  4. 4CONTENTS.
  5. 5MEDITATION I. THE SENSES,
  6. 6MEDITATION II. TASTE,
  7. 7MEDITATION III. GASTRONOMY,
  8. 8MEDITATION IV. APPETITE,
  9. 9MEDITATION VII. THEORY OF FRYING,
  10. 10MEDITATION VIII. ON THIRST,
  11. 11MEDITATION IX. ON DRINKS,
  12. 12MEDITATION X. AN EPISODE ON THE END OF THE WORLD, MEDITATION XI. ON GOURMANDISE,
  13. 13MEDITATION XII. GOURMANDS,
  14. 14MEDITATION XIII. GASTRONOMICAL TESTS,
  15. 15MEDITATION XV. HALTES DE CHASSE,
  16. 16MEDITATION XVI. ON DIGESTION,
  17. 17MEDITATION XVII. REPOSE,
  18. 18MEDITATION XVIII. SLEEP,

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