num_pages: 443
description: Brillat-Savarin (1783-1833) made famous the aphorism, "Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you who you are." He believed that food defines a nation.
language: English
title: The Physiology of Taste: Or, Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy
titlecomplete: The Physiology of Taste: Or, Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy
genres: France, History, Philosophy, Cookbooks, Gastronomy, Food, Food Writing, Nonfiction, Cooking, Essays
ratings_count: 1547
publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich