The Culinary Enlightenment

The belief that you are what you eat emerged in 19th-century France, where the pleasures of the table were sautéed with philosophy and medicine. 

‘Meditations of  a Gourmand’.  Coloured engraving  from Almanach  des Gourmands,  19th century.
‘Meditations of a Gourmand’. Coloured engraving from Almanach des Gourmands, 19th century © Bridgeman Images.

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