For four decades, Alice Toklas — beloved, permanent secretary and devoted companion of the great Gertrude Stein — prepared gourmet dishes and simple snacks for her eccentric friend and her famous friends, arranged dinner parties and picnics in nature.
For four decades, Alice Toklas — beloved, permanent secretary and devoted companion of the great Gertrude Stein — prepared gourmet dishes and simple snacks for her eccentric friend and her famous friends, arranged dinner parties and picnics in nature. Nevertheless, Alice Toklas’s book is not so much a collection of great recipes as a collection of stories related to food in one way or another. Meager war years, magnificent receptions and friendly parties — the life of a cosmopolitan bohemian of the first half of the XNUMXth century appears in Alisa Toklas’s book as colorful and bright, but, most importantly, emotionally close and humanly understandable.
Fluid, 336 p.