All men, even those we call savages, have been so tormented by the passion for strong drinks, that limited as their capacities were, they were yet able to manufacture them.

Between them two writers effectively founded the whole genre of the gastronomic essay. For the cheese from Normandy see Brillat-Savarin cheese
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1 April 1755 Belley Ain – 2 February 1826 Paris) was a French lawyer and politician and gained fame as an epicure and gastronome: "Grimod and Brillat-Savarin.