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The passionate epicure = La vie et la passion de Dodin-Bouffant, gourmet.
LIBRA PQ2635.O9 V513 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rouff, Marcel, 1877-1936.
- Series:
- Modern Library food
- Modern Library food series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gourmets--Fiction.
- Gourmets.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii pages, 11 unnumbered pages-168 pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- 2002 Modern Library paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Modern Library, [2002]
- Summary:
- In The Passionate Epicure, Marcel Rouff introduces Dodin-Bouffant, an enlightened gentleman dedicated to the high arts: the art of food and the art of love. "Art is the understanding of beauty through the senses, through all the senses, and in order to understand the dream of a Vinci, or the inner life of a Bach, one must, I repeat, be capable of adoring the scented and fugitive soul of a passionate wine, " he says at the funeral of his genius cook. Upon her demise, he sets out to find a replacement worthy of feeding the "Master, " as he is aptly known. The search involves Dodin in a series of conflicts between his culinary and amatory sensibilities.
- Distinguished by a graceful translation, charming line drawings, and provocative menus, this unusual book contains everything from passionate and entertaining narrative to mouthwatering descriptions of food, making it a culinary enticement for anyone who likes to eat, drink, and be merry.
- ISBN:
- 0375760806
- OCLC:
- 50620065
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