Dali. Les diners de Gala (9783836508766)

<strong>Gala dinner: Salvador Dali’s surrealist cookbook</strong><br><br>“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 Dali<br><br>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 <strong>Salvador Dali</strong> (1904–1989) and his wife and muse, <strong>Gala</strong> (1894–1982) were the stuff of legend. Luckily for us, Dali 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.<br><br>This reprint features all <strong>136 recipes</strong> over <strong>12 chapters</strong>, <strong>specially illustrated by Dali</strong>, and organized by meal courses, including <strong>aphrodisiacs.</strong> The illustrations and recipes are accompanied by Dali’s extravagant musings on subjects such as dinner conversation: “The jaw is our best tool to grasp philosophical knowledge.”<br><br>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 <strong>Lasserre, La Tour d’Argent, Maxim’s,</strong> and <strong>Le Train Bleu</strong>. Good taste, however voluptuous, never goes out of fashion. In making this exceptionally rare book available to a wide audience, TASCHEN brings <strong>an artwork, a practical cookbook, and a multisensory adventure</strong> to today’s kitchens.