About Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière
Alexandre-(Balthazard)-Laurent Grimod de La Reynière (20 November [September?] 1758 in Paris – 25 December 1837), trained as a lawyer, acquired fame during the reign of Napoleon, for his sensual and public gastronomic lifestyle.
Son of Laurent Grimod de La Reynière, he inherited the family fortune on the death of his father, a fermier général, in 1793.