The Physiology of Taste: or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy: Transcendental Gastronomy - Softcover

Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1976440165 ISBN 13: 9781976440168

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

"The Physiology of Taste: or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy" book has a beautiful glossy cover and a blank page for the dedication.

"In offering to the public the work I now produce, I have undertaken no great labor. I have only put in order materials I had collected long ago. The occupation was an amusing one, which I reserved for my old age. When I thought of the pleasures of the table, under every point of view, I saw that something better than a common cookery book could be made out of it, and that much might be said about essential and continuous things, which have a direct influence on health, happiness, and even on business. When I had once gotten hold of the idea, all the rest came naturally. I looked around, took notes, and amidst the most sumptuous festivals looked at the guests. Thus I escaped many of the dangers of conviviality. To do what I have undertaken, one need not be a physician, chemist, physiologist, or even a savant. All I learned, I learned without the least idea that I would ever be an author. I was impressed by a laudable curiosity, by the fear of remaining behind my century, and by an anxiety to be able to sit at table on equal terms with the savants I used to meet."

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1976440165
• ISBN 13: 9781976440168
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 118