The Passionate Epicure: La Vie et la Passion de Dodin-Bouffant, Gourmet

Author/Contributor(s):	Rouff, Marcel
Publisher:	Modern Library
Date:	8/6/2002
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.