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Aromas and Flavors: Of Past and Present
Two hundred recipes by a renowned intellectual and epicure, from her Paris kitchen.
- GenresCookbooksNonfiction
192 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1997
About the author
Alice B. Toklas
14 books49 followersPeople remember American writer Alice Babette Toklas as the domestic partner of Gertrude Stein; her works include cookbooks and a volume of memoirs.
She joined as a member of the Parisian avant-garde of the early 20th century. Born to a Polish army officer in a middle-class Jewish family, she attended schools in San Francisco and Seattle. For a short time, she also studied music at the University of Washington.
She arrived in Paris and met on 8 September 1907.
Together, they hosted a salon that attracted expatriates, such as Ernest Miller Hemingway, Paul Bowles, Thornton Niven Wilder, and Sherwood Anderson, and avant-garde painters, including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Georges Braque.
Toklas, a background figure, acted as confidante, secretary, muse, editor, critic, and general organizer and chiefly living in the shadow until she published in 1933 under the teasing title The Autobiography of Alice Babette Toklas , bestselling book.
Source: Wikipedia
She joined as a member of the Parisian avant-garde of the early 20th century. Born to a Polish army officer in a middle-class Jewish family, she attended schools in San Francisco and Seattle. For a short time, she also studied music at the University of Washington.
She arrived in Paris and met on 8 September 1907.
Together, they hosted a salon that attracted expatriates, such as Ernest Miller Hemingway, Paul Bowles, Thornton Niven Wilder, and Sherwood Anderson, and avant-garde painters, including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Georges Braque.
Toklas, a background figure, acted as confidante, secretary, muse, editor, critic, and general organizer and chiefly living in the shadow until she published in 1933 under the teasing title The Autobiography of Alice Babette Toklas , bestselling book.
Source: Wikipedia
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January 21, 2017
If you're not familiar with Toklas, she was a smart woman from San Francisco, partner of Gertrude Stein, who entertained alongside Stein the very famous artists and writers of the time - for example, Picasso, Hemingway, Gris, and so many other luminaries in their home in the city of light. She also is well known for having one of the most famous recipes for hash brownies.
A wonderful note here is that the introduction mentions she smells of Balmain's Jolie Madame.
This book is oftentimes weird. I won't be cooking any of the recipes (sidenote - have you sat down to read a cookbook? It's like reading math), and there's one recipe in particular that was so gross, I started laughing so hard i was crying - the Sweetbread Salad.
It is wonderful, just wonderful, to imagine the voices and hearts sitting around Stein and Toklas's table, and this cookbook really brought home what they possibly could be eating. She died 20 years-ish after Stein, in 1967, in Paris.
A wonderful note here is that the introduction mentions she smells of Balmain's Jolie Madame.
This book is oftentimes weird. I won't be cooking any of the recipes (sidenote - have you sat down to read a cookbook? It's like reading math), and there's one recipe in particular that was so gross, I started laughing so hard i was crying - the Sweetbread Salad.
It is wonderful, just wonderful, to imagine the voices and hearts sitting around Stein and Toklas's table, and this cookbook really brought home what they possibly could be eating. She died 20 years-ish after Stein, in 1967, in Paris.
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