The Art of Cuisine

by Maurice Joyant, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Margery Weiner (Translator)

Collects recipes and menus created by Lautrec, with notes for modern cooks

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Art

164 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1930

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gorgeous, perfect, totally impractical cookbook. In the culinary notes:
"This book was written in an age when recipe books were exciting but rather imprecise and when the reading cook was expected to share the author's love of cuisine as well as his implicit know-how. Instructions were erratic. Measurement was generally vague..."

Almost every page is treated to a beautiful sketch or full color illustration by Toulouse-Lautrec, and includes such charming recipes as "Woodcock With Port", "Roast Snipe", "Thrushes With Juniper", etc.
I doubt I'll ever cook the majority of meals offered here, but will certainly use the menu suggestions in the back as muse for holiday and celebration feasts.
For example:
Large sole with tarragon
Wild duck with carrots and olives
Mushrooms with cream
Mademoiselle Tatin's apple tart
Goat cheese from Touraine and the Orleanais
Dessert

Bon appetit!

[Nick Grammos · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a lot of fun. How do you cook a chicken to be tender? You chase it around the yard all afternoon before you kill it.

Peut-être que l'art consiste à faire en sorte que quelqu'un d'autre le fasse pour vous.

[Annemieke Blöte · Rating 4 out of 5]

"As a matter of fact, Lautrec used this dish as a judge of character. He would say of people he scorned, "They are not worthy of ring doves with olives, they will never have any and they will never know what it is.""

[Flory]

First edition, 1966
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. and Micheal Joseph
Library of Congress: 66-15061

[Linwood]

havent read this yet. its out of print. if someone wants to sell this to me, i say go forward with it!

[Christine Dyck · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good time.

[Fumi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Of course one should not drink much, but often.--Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

[Amanda Hemingway · Rating 5 out of 5]

Found this accidentally at a yard sale - it's witty, fun and the recipes are quite good!