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The Passionate Epicure

La Vie et la Passion de Dodin-Bouffant, Gourmet

By Marcel Rouff

By Marcel Rouff

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Aug 06, 2002 | ISBN 9780375760808

The Passionate Epicure by Marcel Rouff
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Aug 06, 2002 | ISBN 9780375760808

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About The Passionate Epicure

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.

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About Marcel Rouff

Marcel Rouff was born in Geneva in 1877. He is the author of The Psychology of Taste and had a distinguished career as a gourmet writer, poet, dramatist, essayist, literary critic, chronicler of rural as well as Parisian society, and… More about Marcel Rouff

Product Details

Category: Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction | Classic Fiction

Paperback | $17.00
Published by Modern Library
Aug 06, 2002 | 208 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375760808

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Praise

“A little masterpiece.”
—from the Preface by Lawrence Durrell

“Some of the finest and most enticing writing about food you’ll ever find.”
—From the Introduction by Jeffrey Steingarten

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