On Wed 15 Apr 2009 06:43:30p, sf told us...

> On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:15:23 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>>On Mon 13 Apr 2009 09:16:45p, Dimitri told us...
>>
>>>
>>> Alice B Toklas Brownies.
>>>
>>>:-)
>>>
>>> Dimitri
>>>
>>>
>>
>>After reading the Alice B. Toklas Cookbook, we made those in college. :-)
>>The book was a rather good read, with some rather good recipes in it,
IIRC.
>
> Did all of them contain "herb"?
>

No, not at all. The book is actually a memoir/chronicle of her life with
Gertrude Stein, and not just a cookbook. It covers many of the literati
and artists of the day, and others who populated their salon. Menus and
recipes of meals served there are detailed. The famous or infamous recipe
was actual "Haschich Fudge", a mixture of fruit, nuts, spices, and cannibus
sativa. Many consider the book a great read. Several other books
followed, but it is arguably considered the best of the lot.

Stein herself published her own memoirs under the title "The Autobiography
of Alice B. Toklas. It's also a fascinating read. Toklas' book was
published years later after Stein's death.

There was a critically acclaimed play entitled "Gertrude Stein, Gertrude
Stein, Gertrude Stein". It was a one woman show, at least initially
starring Pat Carroll, and I enjoyed seeing it at The Cleveland Playhouse.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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