Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
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Description
In tandem with the first Booth Library Edible Book Festival in 2011, this exhibit introduces the viewer to Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, the inspiration for the International Edible Book Festival. Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826) is most famous for his book Physiologie du goût, a witty meditation on food. Physiologie du goût has never been out of print since it was first published. Among Brillat-Savarin's bon mots are "Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are" (now used in the TV series 'Iron Chef'). Brillat-Savarin was also one of the first persons to identify high sugar content foods as contributors to obesity. Curated by Todd Bruns.
Publication Date
4-2011
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Keywords
Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Edible Books, Physiologie du goût, Edible Book Festival
Disciplines
Library and Information Science
Recommended Citation
Bruns, Todd, "Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin" (2011). Stand-Alone Exhibits. 3.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/lib_standalone_exhibits/3
