Food is all those substances which, submitted to the action of the stomach, can be assimilated or changed into life by digestion, and can thus repair the losses which the human body suffers through the act of living.


The Physiology of Taste: or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy (ed. Vintage, 2009) - ISBN: 9780307593832

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Quotes

Food is all those substances which, submitted to the action of the stomach, can be assimilated or changed into life by digestion, and can thus repair ...

Food is all those substances which, submitted to the action of the stomach, can be assimilated or changed into life by digestion, and can thus repair ...

Food is all those substances which, submitted to the action of the stomach, can be assimilated or changed into life by digestion, and can thus repair ...

Food is all those substances which, submitted to the action of the stomach, can be assimilated or changed into life by digestion, and can thus repair ...