Word: brillat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...civilized humanity. . . ." His discovery: "just about the best restaurant in a muddled world." He excitedly reported "a foie gras such as I have not tasted since Hitler attacked Poland, an omelette Perigoitrdine not to be found anywhere else in Europe, a brochette de rognons that would knock Monsieur Brillat-Sava-rin's eye out. . . ." He kept the location secret, said he, because "officially speaking, it is not correct to eat well today in this country. . . ." His happy conclusion: "Whatever has happened to France . . . she has not lost the art of cooking...
...lexicon of Brillat-Savarin, world-renowned gourmet, there is no such word as grits,* But in the U.S. South, from plantation mansion to tenant shack, grits has been part of a way of life for generations. Many Southerners eat grits with every meal, few understand why Yankees find it insipid...