Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755–1826) was born in Belley (Ain). Little is known about his life: born into a wealthy bourgeois family, he lived through the Revolution, the Empire, and the Restoration. A lawyer, musician, and gastronome, he published Physiologie du goût. Blending anecdotes, portraits, and tales of dining, this book presents a true art of living in which taste offers a way to understand the world. To mark the bicentenary of his death, the Association des Bibliothèques gourmandes is dedicating the June issue (no. 65) of its journal Papilles to this celebrated gastronome. During Taste Week, bibliothèque Glacière-Tsvetaïeva invites you to a round-table discussion hosted by the Bibliothèques gourmandes, where you can discover the man, his aphorisms, his place in the city, his cultural legacy… and the cheese he never invented! Following the discussion, the event will conclude with a tasting full of authentic flavors.
For 30 years, the association des Bibliothèques gourmandes has worked to promote knowledge of culinary culture and heritage by organizing conferences and readings, gastronomic gatherings, food-themed dictations, and historical dinners. The association publishes a twice-yearly journal, Papilles, which explores the culinary arts from a multidisciplinary perspective.
Source: paris.fr — photo: © les Bibliothèques gourmandes