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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 Voguemagazine and author of the bestselling book The Man Who Ate Everything.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 10 pages

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