- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: The Lyons Press; First edition (Jun 1 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1558217541
- ISBN-13: 978-1558217546
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 408 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #397,556 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Product Details |
Product Description
From Amazon
First published in 1954, The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook is one of America's great works of recollection, culinary and otherwise. Toklas lived, cooked, and kept house in Paris and rural France with her companion, Gertrude Stein, from 1908 until Stein's death in 1947. During that time she cooked for and shared food with friends, including Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, and Thornton Wilder, accumulating recipes for the simple and haute bourgeois dishes compiled in the book. She also saw and remembered all, from life in the high bohemian circle she and Stein occupied; to France during two world wars; to the United States, visited in the '30s; to summers passed in a paradisiacal country retreat at Biligin in France. These and more Toklas depicts vividly and acerbically, all viewed through the prism of food and good eating.
Woven within chapters such as "Dishes for Artists," "Food in French Homes," and "The Vegetable Gardens at Biligin," the 300 recipes run the gamut from hors d'oeuvres and salads to breads, entrées, drinks, and sweets. Original (and sometimes whimsical) dishes like Stuffed Artichokes Stravinsky, Gigot de la Clinque, and Bavarian Cream Perfect Love appear among more traditional offerings, such as Boeuf Bourguignon, Chicken à l'Estargon, and Green Peas à la Goodwife. Many of the recipes (which are written in abbreviated-narrative style) will be attempted only by adventurous cooks with time (and, in some cases, money) to spare. The rest of us will enjoy reading the recipes, the droll reminiscences, and the fantasizing about a time when the dishes' creation could be relatively commonplace. The tour of this era and its food, by one of literature's great cook-writers, is obligatory reading. --Arthur Boehm
Review
"A book of character, fine food and tasty human observation."--Janet Flanner, The New Yorker
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
First Sentence
THE French approach to food is characteristic; they bring to their consideration of the table the same appreciation, respect, intelligence and lively interest that they have for the other arts, for painting, for literature and for the theatre. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
THE French approach to food is characteristic; they bring to their consideration of the table the same appreciation, respect, intelligence and lively interest that they have for the other arts, for painting, for literature and for the theatre. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample PagesConcordance
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most helpful customer reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Exquisite Recipes and Fun to read, too!,
By
This review is from: The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook (Paperback)
Ive been cooking with _Joy of Cooking_ for a long time now. _Joy_ makes reference to a chapter in this book, "Murder in the Kitchen," as a sort of primer on how to 'murder' a carp in the kitchen before cooking. I decided, on a whim, to buy the book.I had no idea that having this new cookbook would be so rewarding! Alice Toklas has some INCREDIBLE recipes in here (Scheherezade Melon being a favorite!), all of which should be tried and enjoyed. Furthermore, this book contains recipes you simply wont find in other, newer, cookbooks. My girlfriend really summed this book up by suggesting that the recipes in this book are the recipes you know exist -- but are being passed from grandmother to granddaughter; you simply dont get these unless youre in that circle of people. This cookbook is your way in to exquisite dishes that were prepared for the likes of Gertrude Stein, Hemmingway, Picasso, and Matisse. That, and where else are you going to find a recipe for Hashish Fudge? This book has my whole-hearted, overwhelming approval.
5.0 out of 5 stars
What A Great Book,
This review is from: The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book (Paperback)
This one of the best book about French Cooking I have read to date. It is very informative on very aspects of the French Cuisine!!I would highly recommend this book to culinarians!!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good recipes,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook (Paperback)
I particularly recommend the Egg Nog of the Commonwealth Club of Richmond, VA. My husband made this for a party at a friend's house, and everybody loved it! This is the best egg nog I ever tasted, and I have tasted a few.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
Want to see more reviews on this item?
|
Most recent customer reviews |
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
- Books > Cooking, Food & Wine > Baking
- Books > Cooking, Food & Wine > Culinary Arts & Techniques
- Books > Cooking, Food & Wine > Gastronomy > Essays
- Books > Cooking, Food & Wine > Gastronomy > History
- Books > Cooking, Food & Wine > Regional & International > European > French
- Books > Cooking, Food & Wine > Special Occasions > Gourmet
- Books > History > Europe > France
- Books > New & Used Textbooks
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
