The Passionate Epicure: La Vie et la Passion de Dodin-Bouffant, Gourmet
The Passionate Epicure: La Vie et la Passion de Dodin-Bouffant, Gourmet
The Passionate Epicure: La Vie et la Passion de Dodin-Bouffant, Gourmet
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Description
Description
In the classic French novel The Passionate Epicure, Marcel Rouff introduces Dodin-Bouffant, a character based loosely on Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, an infamous bachelor and epicure dedicated to the high arts: the art of food and the art of love. This edition contains a Preface by Lawrence Durrell and a new Intro-duction by Jeffrey Steingarten, the food critic for Vogue magazine and author of the bestselling book The Man Who Ate Everything.
About the Author
About the Author
Marcel Rouff was born in Geneva in 1877. He is the author of The Psychology of Taste and had a distinguished career as a gourmet writer, poet, dramatist, essayist, literary critic, chronicler of rural as well as Parisian society, and historian, collaborating with such luminaries as Jean Jaurès. He died in Paris in 1936.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"A little masterpiece."
--from the Preface by Lawrence Durrell "Some of the finest and most enticing writing about food you'll ever find."
--From the Introduction by Jeffrey Steingarten
--from the Preface by Lawrence Durrell "Some of the finest and most enticing writing about food you'll ever find."
--From the Introduction by Jeffrey Steingarten
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Random House Publishing Group
Pub date:
2002-08-06
Length:
210 pages
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