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The Physiology of Taste, or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy

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The Physiology of Taste, or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy
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ISBN/ASIN: 0486422534
Number of pages: 356

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The book offers meditations not just on matters of cooking and eating, but extends to sleep, dreams, exhaustion, and even death. Brillat-Savarin, whose genius is in the examination and discussion of food, cooking, and eating, proclaims that the discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a star.

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