The Passionate Epicure: La Vie Et La Passion de Dodin-Bouffant, Gourmet

By Marcel Rouff

Book Overview

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 .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375760806
• ISBN13: 9780375760808
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Modern Library
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

The Reason the French Eat Well

This translation of a classic of French literature captures in a hundred pages the essence of French Cuisine. Chapter 4 gets to the heart of what August Escoffier once said, "The simple foods are the best." If this book doesn't make you want to drop everything and visit France, nothing will.