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Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826)
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1 April 1755, Belley, Ain – 2 February 1826, Paris) was 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."
Quotes·Quotations by Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Food
¶ Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.
¶ The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.
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