The Pleasures of the Table (Great Food)
Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Language: English
Pages: 125
ISBN: B004V2WRUY
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Epicure and gourmand Brillat-Savarin was one of the most influential food writers of all time. His 1825 book The Physiology of Taste defined our notions of French gastronomy, and his insistence that food be a civilizing pleasure for all has inspired the slow food movement and guided chefs worldwide.
From discourses on the erotic properties of truffles and the origins of chocolate, to a defence of gourmandism and why 'a dessert without cheese is like a pretty woman with only one eye', the delightful writings in this selection are a hymn to the art of eating well.
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Then just in small quantities, at the Hôtel des Américains and the Hôtel de Provence; and a truffled turkey was a great luxury, only to be seen on the tables of great lords or courtesans. We owe the increased supplies of the present day to the provision merchants, whose numbers have grown considerably, and who, seeing that truffles were finding favour, sent agents all over the kingdom. By paying good prices and using mail couriers and stage-coaches as means of transport, these agents made.
It, but few have attained perfection, because the process is very far from being easy. First of all, you must be able to tell good cacao from bad, and be determined to use only the best; for not even the finest quality cacao is entirely free from blemish, and misguided self-interest often overlooks damaged kernels, which should be thrown out to obtain the best results. The roasting of cacao is another delicate operation, and demands a certain tact not far removed from inspiration. There are some.
Partridge for her teeth to bite; her eyes are bright, her lips glistening, and all her movements full of grace; and she does not lack that touch of coquetry which women show in everything they do. With such advantages she is irresistible, and even Cato the Censor could not look at her unmoved. Anecdote But here a bitter memory comes to mind. One day, being placed next to pretty Madame M—d at table, I was inwardly rejoicing at my good fortune, when she suddenly turned to me and said: ‘Your.
Sardanapalus have not turned men against women, so the excesses of Vitellius should make no man turn his back on a well-chosen, ordered feast. When gourmandism becomes gluttony, greed, and debauchery, it loses both its name and its advantages; it then falls outside our province and enters that of the moralist, who will treat it with his counsel, or of the doctor, who will cure it with his drugs. La gourmandise as the Professor has described it in this chapter, has no name except in French; it.
Fatten very quickly as soon as they begin to be fed on potatoes, grain, or any kind of flour. Obesity is never found either among the savages, or in those classes of society in which men work to eat, and eat only to live. CAUSES OF OBESITY From the observations noted above, the accuracy of which anyone can verify, it is easy to discover the principal causes of obesity. The first is the natural constitution of the individual. Nearly all men are born with certain predispositions, of which.