The Physiology of Taste - J. Brillat-Savarin WW, Bio Med 25
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The physiology of taste
or
Transcendental gastronomy
Illustrated by anecdotes of distinguished artists and statesmen of both continents.
by
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Translated from the last Paris edition by Fayette Robinson.
Table of Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
APHORISMS OF THE PROFESSOR.
DIALOGUE between the author and his friend.
BIOGRAPHY
PREFACE.
PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE.
MEDITATION FIRST.
THE SENSES. — NUMBER OF THE SENSES. — ACTION OF THE SENSES. —
PERFECTNESS OF THE SENSES. — OBJECT OF THE ACTION OF THE SENSES.
MEDITATION II.
TASTE. — DEFINITION OF TASTE. — SENSATION OF TASTE. — FLAVORS. —
INFLUENCE OF SMELLING ON THE TASTE. — ANALYSIS OF THE SENSATION OF
TASTE. — ORDER OF THE IMPRESSIONS OF TASTE. — ENJOYMENTS DUE TO
THE TASTE. — SUPREMACY OF MAN. — METHOD OF THE AUTHOR.
MEDITATION III.
GASTRONOMY. — ORIGIN OF SCIENCES. — ORIGIN OF GASTRONOMY. —
DEFINITION OF GASTRONOMY. — DIFFERENT OBJECTS OF GASTRONOMY. —
UTILITY OF GASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE. — INFLUENCE OF GASTRONOMY
IN BUSINESS. — GASTRONOMICAL ACADEMY.
MEDITATION IV.
APPETITE. — DEFINITION OF APPETITE. — ANECDOTE. — GREAT APPETITES.
MEDITATION V.
FOOD IN GERMS. — SECTION FIRST. — DEFINITIONS. — ANALYSIS. —
OSMAZOME. — PRINCIPLE OF ALIMENTS. — VEGETABLE KINGDOM. —
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FAT AND LEAN. — INDIVIDUAL INSTANCE.
MEDITATION VI.
FOOD IN GERMS. — SECTION SECOND. — SPECIALITIES. — Section I. POT–AU–
FEU, POTAGE, ETC. — Section II. BOUILLI. — Section III. FOWLS. — Section IV. THE
TURKEY. — DINDONOPHILES. — FINANCIAL INFLUENCE OF THE TURKEY. —
EXPLOIT OF THE PROFESSOR. — Section VI. FISH. — ANECDOTE. —
PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTION. — Section VII. TRUFFLES. — ERATIC VIRTUE OF
TRUFFLES. — ARE TRUFFLES INDIGESTIBLES? — Section VIII. SUGAR. —
INDIGENOUS SUGAR. — USES OF SUGAR. — Section IX. ORIGIN OF COFFEE. —
DIFFERENT MODES OF PREPARING COFFEE. — EFFECTS OF COFFEE. — Section X.
CHOCOLATE—ITS ORIGIN. — PROPERTIES OF CHOCOLATE. — TRUE METHOD
OF PREPARING CHOCOLATE.
MEDITATION VII.
THEORY OF FRYING. — ALLOCUTION. — Section I. CHEMISTRY. — Section II.
APPLICATION.
MEDITATION VIII.
ON THIRST. — VARIETIES OF THIRST. — CAUSES OF THIRST. — EXAMPLE.
MEDITATION IX.
STRONG DRINKS.
MEDITATION X.
AN EPISODE ON THE END OF THE WORLD.
MEDITATION XI.
ON GOURMANDISE. — DEFINITIONS. — ADVANTAGES OF GOURMANDISE. —
SEQUEL. — POWER OF GOURMANDISE. — A LADY GOURMAND. — ANECDOTE.
— ARE WOMEN GOURMANDS? — THE EFFECTS OF GOURMANDISE ON
SOCIABILITY. — INFLUENCE OF GOURMANDISE ON CONJUGAL HAPPINESS. —
NOTE OF A PATRIOT GASTRONOMER.
MEDITATION XII.
GOURMANDS. — ALL WHO WISH TO BE ARE NOT GOURMANDS. — NAPOLEON.
— GOURMANDS BY DESTINY. — SENSUAL PREDESTINATION. — GOURMANDS
BY PROFESSION. — FINANCIERS. — PHYSICIANS. — OBJUGATION. —
DEVOTEES. — CHEVALIERS AND ABBES. — LONGEVITY OF GOURMANDS.
MEDITATION XIII.
GASTRONOMICAL TESTS. — GASTRONOMICAL TESTS. — FIRST SERIES.—
INCOME OF 5,000 FRANCS. — SECOND SERIES.—INCOME 15,000 FRANCS. —
THIRD SERIES.—INCOME 30,000 FRANCS, OR MORE.
MEDITATION XIV.
ON THE PLEASURES OF THE TABLE. — ORIGIN OF THE PLEASURES OF THE
TABLE. — DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PLEASURE OF EATING AND THE
PLEASURES OF THE TABLE. — EFFECTS. — ACCESSORIES. — THE 18TH AND
19TH CENTURY. — SUMMARY.
MEDITATION XV.
HALTES DE CHASSE. — LADIES.
MEDITATION XVI.
ON DIGESTION. — INGESTION. — DUTY OF THE STOMACH. — INFLUENCE OF
DIGESTION.
MEDITATION XVII.
REPOSE. — TIME OF REST.
MEDITATION XVIII.
SLEEP. — DEFINITION.
MEDITATION XIX.
DREAMS. — NATURE OF DREAMS. — SYSTEM OF DR. GALL. — FIRST
OBSERVATION. — SECOND OBSERVATION. — RESULT. — AGE. — PHENOMENA
OF DREAMS. — FIRST OBSERVATION. — SECOND OBSERVATION. — THIRD
OBSERVATION. — DO AS YOU WILL BE DONE BY.
MEDITATION XX.
INFLUENCE OF DIET ON REST, SLEEP AND DREAMS. — EFFECTS OF DIET ON
LABOR. — DREAMS. — CONSEQUENCE. — RESULT.
MEDITATION XXI.
OBESITY. — CAUSES OF OBESITY. — SEQUEL. — SEQUEL. — ANECDOTE. —
INCONVENIENCE OF OBESITY. — EXAMPLES OF OBESITY.
MEDITATION XXII.
GENERALITIES. — SEQUEL OF THE REGIMEN. — DANGERS OF ACIDS. —
ANTIOBESIC BELT. — QUINQUINA.
MEDITATION XXIII.
THINNESS. — DEFINITION. — VARIETIES. — EFFECTS OF THINNESS. —
NATURAL PREDESTINATION. — FATTENING REGIMEN.
MEDITATION XXIV.
FASTING. — DEFINITION. — ORIGIN. — HOW PEOPLE USED TO FAST. —
ORIGIN OF THE REMOVAL OF RESTRICTION IN FASTING.
MEDITATION XXV.
EXHAUSTION. — TREATMENT. — CURE BY THE PROFESSOR.
MEDITATION XXVI
DEATH.
MEDITATION XXVII.
PHILOSOPHICAL HISTORY OF THE KITCHEN. — ORDER OF ALIMENTATION. —
DISCOVERY OF FIRE. — BAKING. — ORIENTAL ENTERTAINMENTS.—GRECIAN.
— ROMAN FESTIVALS. — RESURRECTION OF LUCULLUS. — POETRY. —
IRRUPTION OF THE BARBARIANS.
MEDITATION XXVIII.
RESTAURATEURS. — ESTABLISHMENT.
PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE
PART SECOND.
TRANSITION. — VARIETIES. — I. — L’OMELETTE DU CURE. — OMELETTE AU
THON. — OBSERVATIONS. — II. A NATIONAL VICTORY. — III. —
MYSTIFICATION OF THE PROFESSOR AND DEFEAT OF A GENERAL. — IV. — THE
SNARE. — THE TURBOT. — VI. — PHEASANTS. — VII. — GASTRONOMICAL
INDUSTRY OF THE EMIGRES. — VIII. — RECOLLECTIONS OF THE EMIGRATION.
— THE WEAVER — THE STARVING. — SOJOURN IN AMERICA. — ASPARAGUS.
— FONDUE. — RECIPE FOR FONDUE, COPIED FROM THE PAPERS OF M.
TROLLET, BAILLI OF MONDON IN BERNE. — DISAPPOINTMENT. —
WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF A CLASSICAL DINNER. — EFFECT AND DANGER OF
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