The Physiology of Taste

"Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are," declares French author Jean Anthelme Brillat—Savarin in one of the aphorisms that introduces this 1825 masterpiece on the subject of cooking as an art and eating as a pleasure. Humorous, satirical, and convivial, this extended paean to the joys of food and drink has earned an enduring place in the world's literature.
Brillat—Savarin found his true passion in gastronomy, asserting that "the discovery of a new dish does more for the happ...