In the same vein as La Planète des sages, this is the appetizing portrait of the great names of gastronomy, past and present, from Antiquity to present day, across every continent. The perfect book for food-lovers!Over the last two thousand years, there are a few people who have elevated the art of gastronomic pleasure to the level of existential philosophy. They were kings, diplomats, chefs, but also doctors, writers, actors, all brilliantly innovative, and all with a little streak of madness. The Greats of Gastronomy presents about thirty of these figures, sharing recipes, extracts from literary works and, of course, some amusing anecdotes.Non-exhaustive and thematic list:Antiquity: Achestrate, Apicius, VitelliusAsian: Sun Simiao, Jiro OnoClassics: Taillevent, Brillat Savarin, Marie-Antoine Carême, Beauvilliers, Grimod de La ReynièreRevolutionaries: Appert, ParmentierPoets : Erasme, Rabelais, Rossini, Alexandre Dumas, CurnonskyIconoclasts: La mère Poulard, Maïté, Thinkers: Berchoux, Delteil, Guérard, Contempory: Bocuse, Ducasse, Adria, Acurio, Anne-Sophie Pic
