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Con il loro salotto artistico e letterario – che negli anni tra le due guerre era frequentato, tra gli altri, da Picasso, Picabia, Matisse, Braque, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Sherwood Anderson – Alice B. Toklas e Gertrude Stein hanno fatto un pezzo di storia. Ma quando, dopo la morte di Gertrude, un editore chiese ad Alice di scrivere le sue memorie, lei si schermì dicendo che al massimo sarebbe stata in grado di scrivere un libro di cucina. L’editore promise di accontentarsi, ma Toklas fece molto di più.
Uscito nel 1954 in America con il titolo The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book, I biscotti di Baudelaire è una ricchissima raccolta di ricette e di ricordi non solo culinari, di aneddoti divertenti, di convinte opinioni su questioni gastronomiche ma anche artistiche, di viaggi tra Francia e America, di pranzi e cene a casa di artisti bohémien ma anche di ricchi e famosi.
Un libro che si legge d’un fiato dalla prima all’ultima pagina, non solo per consultare le ricette e catturare i sapori amati da artisti e scrittori, ma soprattutto per rivivere l’atmosfera di un tempo davvero speciale.
«Un curioso memoriale intellettual-culinario pieno di aneddoti mondani e di racconti umani».
Paolo di Stefano, «Corriere della Sera»
- ISBN: 8833972267
- Casa Editrice: Bollati Boringhieri
- Pagine: 231
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3.5 stars Yes this really is primarily a cookbook with some reminiscences thrown in. It was written after her partner, Gertrude Stein’s, death. Food was clearly very important in their lives and it is written with great passion. Contributory to that may be that Toklas had jaundice when she wrote it a Leggi tutto
This book always reminds me of one of my (late) godmothers who would pick up her glass of pre-dinner sherry and start reminiscing how she had ‘discovered’ the young and (then) unknown Daniel Day Lewis. In Paris, in 1908, after moving in with Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas began to develop a knowled Leggi tutto
Best book ever. The recipes are basically impossible, but that's immaterial.
Cranky Old Lady Confession: yes, this is a long gripe about an INTRODUCTION written 35 years ago for a book published in 1954. To get the obvious out of the way, The Alice B Toklas Cookbook is wonderful. I want all of her dishes, one after the other, never mind that the rest of the country would the Leggi tutto
Alice Toklas incontra Gertrude Stein in Francia, verso la fine della II guerra mondiale. Si offrono quindi volontarie per guidare veicoli di rifornimento per ospedali francesi e truppe americane, avendo così la possibilità di girare buona parte della nazione. La Toklas nasconde una piccola biografia Leggi tutto
MFK Fisher really is insufferable. Reading her introduction, followed by Toklas's friendly, unpretentious book, really just points out what an asshat and classist Fisher was. That said, Toklas is not much of a writer, and she knows it. She does have great stories, and lived a fascinating life. Ironic Leggi tutto
Really liked this. Toklas recollects her life with Gertrude Stein through food. By her own admission , Toklas is not an accomplished writer but this really adds to the charm. Not sure, you’d cook any of the food these days.
Alice B. Toklas was quite the unusual character in American history and literature, and as she was always the secretary-companion to Gertrude Stein, 1907-46, and never an author herself, it is nice to hear her voice in this volume as well as to receive the numerous recipes from both American and Fre Leggi tutto
I found a paperback copy of the cookbook in Asheville NC for $1.72 plus tax. It was the literary bargain of the year for me. This is not the hard-cover, ergo no introduction by MFK Fisher. But, the recipes are presented in a similar fashion to Fisher's, i.e., there's a story and some follow-up opini Leggi tutto
Not what I hoped for, but I guess I hoped for too much. MFK Fisher's intro sold Toklas too strongly. More than a cookbook, but generally so circumspect about her life and literature that they might as well not exist. I guess I need to read her autobiography. The chapter on servants is like cocktail
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