The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a star.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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Topic

Cooking Food

Author

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Source

The Physiology of Taste

Genre

Food writing

Language

French

Time

1825 1820s 19th century

Occupation

Food writer Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Brillat-Savarin, Anthelme. The Physiology of Taste [Physiologie du Goût]. 1825, aph. 9.

Current Citation

Brillat-Savarin, Anthelme. The Physiology of Taste: Or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy. Translated by M. F. K. Fisher. Vintage, 2011, aphorism 9.

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