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Brillat-Savarin

American  
[bree-ya-sa-va-ran] / bri ja sa vaˈrɛ̃ /

noun

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


Brillat-Savarin British  
/ brijasavarɛ̃ /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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.

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2024

As French epicure Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin famously put it, “Tell me what you eat: I will tell you what you are.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 9, 2022

From the 19th-century French gourmand Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Cantu took the idea that just as food sustains our physical existence, taste sustains our psychological existence.

From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2018

Cheese, traditionally named for a place of origin — Brie, Stilton, with the occasional Jack or Brillat-Savarin muscling in — now often broadcasts its inherently feminine constitution.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2017

These are little gastronomic felicities which Brillat-Savarin, otherwise so complete an author, overlooked in his book.

From The Red Inn by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

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