Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarinwas a French lawyer and politician, and gained fame as an epicure and gastronome: "Grimod and Brillat-Savarin. Between them, two writers effectively founded the whole genre of the gastronomic essay."...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth1 April 1755
CountryFrance
wise medicine ayurveda
The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth, and he that is wise will not abhor them.
waiting firsts wells
To know how to eat well, one must first know how to wait.
sleep exercise three
Every cure of obesity must begin with these three essential precepts:discretion in eating, moderation in sleeping, and exercise ...
numbers giving chocolate
When you have breakfasted well and fully, if you will drink a big cup of chocolate at the end you will have digested the whole perfectly three hours later, and you will still be able to dine. Because of my scientific enthusiasm and the sheer force of my eloquence I have persuaded a number of ladies to try this, although they were convinced it would kill them; they have always found themselves in fine shape indeed, and have not forgotten to give the Professor his rightful due.
wine alcohol sun
A meal without wine is like a day without sun
food writing water
At the time I write, the glory of the truffle has now reached its culmination. Who would dare to say that he has been at a dinner where there was not a pièce truffée? Who has not felt his mouth water in hearing truffles a la provencale spoken of? In fine, the truffle is the very diamond of gastronomy.
numbers body peculiar
The number of flavors is infinite, for every soluble body has a peculiar flavor, like none other.
vegetables bread imagine
In the state of society in which we now find ourselves, it is difficult to imagine a nation which lived solely on bread and vegetables.
alcohol liquid exaltation
L'alcool est le monarque des liquides, et porte au dernier degre l'exaltation palatale. Alcohol is the prince of liquids, and carries the palate to its highest pitch of exaltation.
culinary fine truffles
In fine, the truffle is the very diamond of gastronomy.
age meals humans
Meals, in the sense in which we understand this word, began with the second age of the human species.
wine men alcohol
A man who was fond of wine was offered some grapes at dessert after dinner. "Much obliged," said he, pushing the plate aside, "I am not accustomed to take my wine in pills."
food men aphrodisiac
Truffle isn't exactly aphrodisiac but under certain circumstances it tends to make women more tender and men more likable
turkeys world made
Turkey is undoubtedly one of the best gifts that the New World has made to the Old.