Brillat-Savarin

[bree-ya-sa-va-ran]

noun

1. Anthelme 1755–1826, French jurist, writer, and gastronome.

Brillat-Savarin

/ brijasavarɛ̃ /

noun

1. Anthelme (ɑ̃tɛlm). 1755–1826, French lawyer and gourmet; author of Physiologie du Goût (1825)

Example Sentences

The decadent Brillat-Savarin, a triple-cream delight, embodies the vibrant foraging of goats, while Spring Cheddar — made from the milk of cows that have grazed spring pastures — is subtly sweet and lightly herbaceous.

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That novel features one of the most indelible characters in culinary fiction, a gourmand whom the author Marcel Rouff loosely based on the French culinary writer Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, born in 1755.

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Brillat-Savarin is perhaps best known for his book “The Physiology of Taste: Or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy,” which tells you a little bit about him, as well as about the protagonist of “The Taste of Things.”

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Brillat-Savarin famously quipped, “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are,” an aphorism it’s easy to imagine Dodin trading with his friends around the dining table.

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These days, while Reblochon could easily star on a cheese board alongside popular French specialties like Camembert or Brillat-Savarin, it is often perceived as little more than a topping for tartiflette, a reality that many experts bemoan.

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