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Frida's Fiestas: Recipes and Reminiscences of Life with Frida Kahlo
by
Marie-Pierre Colle,
Guadalupe Rivera, Marie Pierre Le, Ignacio Urquiza , Ignacio Urguiza , Kenneth Krabbenhoft
In the tradition of the best-selling Monet's Table, Frida's Fiestas is a personal account in words and pictures of many important and happy events in the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, and a scrapbook, assembled by her stepdaughter, of recipes for more than 100 dishes that Frida served to family and friends with her characteristic enthusiasm for all the pleasures of l...more
Hardcover, 224 pages
Published
September 20th 1994
by Clarkson Potter
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Co-written by Diego Rivera's daughter, Guadalupe Rivera, this book chronicles Frida's love for home, entertaining and cooking. It contains the menus and several recipes of meals she prepared for many special occasions (including the menu for Diego and Frida's wedding feast!), along with many photographs and journal entries. Though some of the ingredients are obscure, I plan to make an attempt at one of these menus in the near future. A beautiful book.
I visited Frida's house in Mexico City in 1984. Changed my entire concept of home decoration for the better. I like this book for the stories of her life and for the authentic recipes of Mexico.
Frida's food recipes are wonderful. They bring back some lost Mexican traditions. If you are looking for authentic Mexican Recipes I highly recommend this book.
This is a fun collection of recipes, written by one of Diego's children, who spent her childhood with Frida. The recipes are really interesting and unique, and the stories and photos that go along are wonderful!
Who knew Frida was so incredible in the kitchen. If nothing else, this book is worth it's price for the Green Rice recipe on page 56.
A really nice Mexican cookbook with great pictures of food and Frida. By the daughter of Diego Rivera.
the story is OK but the photos are reason enough to get this book... beautiful!
This is a wonderful book. I can't wait to make (most) of the recipes!
Holy crap. So technically this is my friend Mel's book. Personally I can't figure a better way to honor an amazing artist and woman than to be able to cook her meals. Wow. The anecdotes from her family are amazing too. There is a multi-course meal for every month of the year. I believe our first meal is going to be this Friday. Wee!
After completing "The Lacuna" by Kingsolver (wonderful!), I broke out "Frida's Fiestas," a book of recipes & reminicenses of life with Frida Kahlo. I feel a Mole Poblano coming on.
This is a beautiful book filled with art and recipes. I make all of my green sauce from the three recipes listed in this book. Amazing mexican recipes.
Could read this several times for the photos alone. The recipes are quite traditional & the reminiscences are wonderful.
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My parents gave me this book for my birthday in 1994. Beautiful book!
My favorite anniversary gift ever!
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