A review by jason_and_the_stacks
The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book by Alice B. Toklas

5.0

This book whips ass. I’d gotten it as a lark because when I read about it, the excerpt the NYT reviewer focused on was for a dish that, at the time of me writing this, would cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $800 for the truffles alone. This, by the way, was in a recipe that was designed to bring affordable French cooking to the American home.

I thought i was going to get the memories of Gertrude Stein’s partner via cooking and the stories of her time with the artists of the her time. I certainly got that, and it’s not a joke, though there are some head-turning recipes here.

I’m absolutely going to be making boeuf bourguignon sometime soon with quite a bit more confidence than previously, and i’m eyeing some fried cookies for the holidays - the recipes are great but its the casual nature in which their handed over, like listening to this person I now know far more intimately tell me the whimsical tales of when and who she prepared meals for but also remembering to give you the details so you can try it too.