Dali. Les Diners de Gala

Gala dinner: Salvador Dalí s surrealist cookbook

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** (1904 1989) and his wife and muse, ** Gala** (1894 1982) 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 reprint features all ** 136 recipes** over ** 12 chapters**, ** specially 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.