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Les dîners de gala / [Salvador Domenech Philippe Hyacinthe Dali conceived and materialized this work] ; translated by Captain J. Peter Moore.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: Köln : Taschen, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 321 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9783836508766
  • 3836508761
Uniform titles:
  • Dîners de gala. English
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Contents:
Les caprices pincés princiers : exotic dishes -- Les cannibalismes de l'automne : eggs - seafood -- Les suprêmes de malaises lilliputiens : first course -- Les entre-plats sodomisés : meats -- Les spoutniks astiqués d'asticots statistiques : snails - frogs -- Les panaches panachés : fish - shellfish -- Les chairs monarchiques : game - poultry -- Les montres molles 1/2 sommeil : pork -- L'atavisme désoxyribonucléique : vegetables -- Les "je mange GALA" : aphrodisiacs -- Les pios nonoches : sweets - desserts -- Les délices petits martyrs : hors-d'œuvre.
Summary: "All the recipes in this cook book, never before published, have been elaborated with great precision by a 'chef' wishing to remain in the most secret anonymity. Lasserre, Maxim's, la Tour d'Argent. Le Buffet de la gare de Lyon have graciously bestowed upon us some highly gastronomical recipes which make the renown of the French cuisine."--Page [323].
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Oversize 641.5944 D143 Available 33111008876274
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Les diners de Gala is uniquely devoted to the pleasures of taste ... If you are a disciple of one of those calorie-counters who turn the joys of eating into a form of punishment, close this book at once; it is too lively, too aggressive, and far too impertinent for you."-Salvador Dalí

Food and surrealism make perfect bedfellows: sex and lobsters, collage and cannibalism, the meeting of a swan and a toothbrush on a pastry case. The opulent dinner parties thrown by Salvador Dalí and his wife and muse, Gala were the stuff of legend. Luckily for us, Dalí published a cookbook in 1973, Les diners de Gala, which reveals some of the sensual, imaginative, and exotic elements that made up their notorious gatherings.

This volume features all 136 recipes over 12 chapters , delightfully illustrated by Dalí , and organized by meal courses, including aphrodisiacs. The illustrations and recipes are accompanied by Dalí's extravagant musings on subjects such as dinner conversation: "The jaw is our best tool to grasp philosophical knowledge."

All these rich recipes can be cooked at home, although some will require practiced skill and a well-stocked pantry. This is cuisine of the old school, with meals by leading French chefs from such stellar Paris restaurants as Lasserre, La Tour d'Argent, Maxim's, and Le Train Bleu .

Good taste, however voluptuous, never goes out of fashion. In making this exceptionally rare book available to a wide audience, TASCHEN brings an artwork, a practical cookbook, and a multisensory adventure to today's kitchens.

"The first English edition was published in 1973 by Felicie, Inc., New York ... Original French edition: Draeger éditeur, 1973."--Colophon.

Les caprices pincés princiers : exotic dishes -- Les cannibalismes de l'automne : eggs - seafood -- Les suprêmes de malaises lilliputiens : first course -- Les entre-plats sodomisés : meats -- Les spoutniks astiqués d'asticots statistiques : snails - frogs -- Les panaches panachés : fish - shellfish -- Les chairs monarchiques : game - poultry -- Les montres molles 1/2 sommeil : pork -- L'atavisme désoxyribonucléique : vegetables -- Les "je mange GALA" : aphrodisiacs -- Les pios nonoches : sweets - desserts -- Les délices petits martyrs : hors-d'œuvre.

"All the recipes in this cook book, never before published, have been elaborated with great precision by a 'chef' wishing to remain in the most secret anonymity. Lasserre, Maxim's, la Tour d'Argent. Le Buffet de la gare de Lyon have graciously bestowed upon us some highly gastronomical recipes which make the renown of the French cuisine."--Page [323].

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