The Passionate Epicure: La Vie et la Passion de Dodin-Bouffant, Gourmet
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.
Author: Marcel Rouff
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 08/06/2002
Pages: 210
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.18w x 0.47d
ISBN: 9780375760808
Review Citation(s):
New York Times 10/27/2002 pg. 28
New Yorker (The) 01/20/2003 pg. 90
About the Author
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 historian, collaborating with such luminaries as Jean Jaurès. He died in Paris in 1936.
Author: Marcel Rouff
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 08/06/2002
Pages: 210
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.18w x 0.47d
ISBN: 9780375760808
Review Citation(s):
New York Times 10/27/2002 pg. 28
New Yorker (The) 01/20/2003 pg. 90
About the Author
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 historian, collaborating with such luminaries as Jean Jaurès. He died in Paris in 1936.
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