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A dinner which ends without cheese is like a beautiful woman with only one eye.

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The table is the only place where we do not get weary during the first hour.

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It has been shown as proof positive that carefully prepared chocolate is as healthful a food as it is pleasant; that it is nourishing and easily digested... that it is above all helpful to people who must do a great deal of mental work.

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The pleasures of the table belong to all times and ages, to every country and every day; they go hand in hand with all our other pleasures, outlast them, and remain to console us for their loss.

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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
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Born: April 1, 1755
Died: February 2, 1826 (aged 70)
Bio: Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin 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."
Known for:
  1. The Pleasures of the Table
  2. The philosopher in the kitchen
Most used words:
  • eat
  • men
  • wine
  • woman
  • table
  • feed

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