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Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme
BRILLAT-SAVARIN, JEAN ANTHELME. The author of the best-known work of gastronomy, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755–1826), was born in Belley in the region of Bresse, studied law in Dijon, became a lawyer and president of the civil court at Ain, a mayor of Belley, and a commander of the National Guard.
In 1789 he was chosen to be a deputy to the National Assembly.
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In 1793 the Revolutionary Tribunal accused him of "moderatism" and he fled to Switzerland, Holland, and finally America. In New York he supported himself for three years by teaching French and playing the violin in the John Street Theatre, but he also traveled north through New England, where he hunted game in good company, and south to Philadelphia where he met Thomas Jefferson.
Returned to France in 1796, he was appointed judge to the Supreme Court of Appeals in Paris.
As a bachelor gourmand, he entertained often in his home on the Rue de Richelieu and frequented such stylish r