
audiobook
Steve Harris, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
BIOGRAPHY, - PREFACE, - MEDITATION I. THE SENSES,
MEDITATION II. TASTE,
MEDITATION III. GASTRONOMY,
MEDITATION IV. APPETITE,
MEDITATION IX. ON DRINKS,
MEDITATION X. AN EPISODE ON THE END OF THE WORLD, - MEDITATION XI. ON GOURMANDISE,
MEDITATION XII. GOURMANDS,
MEDITATION XIII. GASTRONOMICAL TESTS,
MEDITATION XVII. REPOSE,
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (399K characters)
Release date
2004-04-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1755–1826
Best known for turning the pleasures of the table into sharp, memorable prose, this French lawyer and magistrate became one of the most famous early writers on food. His classic reflections on taste, appetite, and hospitality still shape how people think and talk about eating.
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