Il grande dizionario di cucina

This is a very odd book. Abridged from Dumas’ La Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine , it consists of a food dictionary, various recipes, personal and historical food anecdotes, the occasional menu, a bit of natural history, and selections from a 5000 word ad for Bornibus brand mustard, among other things, Leggi tutto

So not only did the Afro French writer Alexandre Dumas-pers- write the most amazing adventures like my favorite, The Count of Monte Christo, but this most amazing cook book. Its not just has amazing and old world recipes but stores and facts. Such as I never knew that rabbits were from Africa and tha Leggi tutto

A bunch of food definitions from the greatest author to ever live. Like: "ASPARAGUS - There is no point in describing this plant, which everyone knows." and "CAKE - Cakes, a sort of pastry, are almost always round in shape." Yea fuck, Dumas!

This book is something unique and special, definitely not some ordinary cookbook. For one, Alexandre Dumas, who's most famous for The Three Musketeers, felt that THIS was his magnum opus, the chef d'oeuvre that he wanted to be remembered for. And second, it's an odd mix of stories mixed with culinar Leggi tutto

useful as a French cookbook and as social history

One of my personal faves, gave me an insightful look into the past.

I finally got around to finishing this. This is a dictionary of various foods and recipes, but also contains a lot of interesting anecdotes and history of food. It's an entertaining if dry read - some parts are very quotable, so it might be worth keeping a few bookmarks around while reading it, both Leggi tutto

This is cusine how Dumas believed it should be. The book gets a bit pompous at times, but that is part of the reason I enjoyed it so much.