Bush of crayfish in Viking herbs
October 14, 2016 9:12 AM Subscribe
Oh, this looks amazing. I think I know what I'm asking for at Christmas.
"What time is dinner?"
*checks melted watch*
"Um, not sure..."
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 9:24 AM on October 14, 2016 [2 favorites]
"What time is dinner?"
*checks melted watch*
"Um, not sure..."
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 9:24 AM on October 14, 2016 [2 favorites]
Julie Powell needs to give this book the Julie and Julia treatment.
posted by TedW at 9:28 AM on October 14, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by TedW at 9:28 AM on October 14, 2016 [1 favorite]
TedW: "Julie Powell needs to give this book the Julie and Julia treatment."
I feel like this is more of a job for the tail lady at Jezebel.
posted by schmod at 9:34 AM on October 14, 2016 [1 favorite]
I feel like this is more of a job for the tail lady at Jezebel.
posted by schmod at 9:34 AM on October 14, 2016 [1 favorite]
It better have a recipe for lobster telephone. I wish all the surrealists had cookbooks. I bet Breton had a great recipe for solubale fish, Duchamp for fountain cake, Magritte for stone fruit.
Also: Man Ray had recipes in Vogue.
posted by pb at 9:52 AM on October 14, 2016
Also: Man Ray had recipes in Vogue.
posted by pb at 9:52 AM on October 14, 2016
I have the original first edition (my most cherished cookbook)!
posted by growabrain at 9:58 AM on October 14, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by growabrain at 9:58 AM on October 14, 2016 [1 favorite]
Sartre (fictitiously) also had a cookbook:
October 4
Still working on the omelet. There have been stumbling blocks. I keep creating omelets one after another, like soldiers marching into the sea, but each one seems empty, hollow, like stone. I want to create an omelet that expresses the meaninglessness of existence, and instead they taste like cheese. I look at them on the plate, but they do not look back. Tried eating them with the lights off. It did not help. Malraux suggested paprika.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 10:11 AM on October 14, 2016 [6 favorites]
October 4
Still working on the omelet. There have been stumbling blocks. I keep creating omelets one after another, like soldiers marching into the sea, but each one seems empty, hollow, like stone. I want to create an omelet that expresses the meaninglessness of existence, and instead they taste like cheese. I look at them on the plate, but they do not look back. Tried eating them with the lights off. It did not help. Malraux suggested paprika.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 10:11 AM on October 14, 2016 [6 favorites]
The intersection of comfortably lived domesticity and the sometimes savage and intimidating personas of the surrealists really surprises me. I don't doubt that their lives contained moments of bourgeois domestic ordinariness but that they would readily attach their names to widely published documents of such moments makes me wonder if the conscious play with and blurring of lines between public persona and private person that so captivates and troubles us in this digital age has actually been going on for a lot longer.
It's almost as if a"Top 10 Mustache Waxing Tips from Mustache-Master Dali" listicle had surfaced from the lost pages of a mid-century magazine, with all of the tips being quite earnest and reasonable.
posted by treepour at 10:37 AM on October 14, 2016 [1 favorite]
It's almost as if a"Top 10 Mustache Waxing Tips from Mustache-Master Dali" listicle had surfaced from the lost pages of a mid-century magazine, with all of the tips being quite earnest and reasonable.
posted by treepour at 10:37 AM on October 14, 2016 [1 favorite]
Futurists declare war on pasta
It's almost as if a"Top 10 Mustache Waxing Tips from Mustache-Master Dali" listicle had surfaced from the lost pages of a mid-century magazine, with all of the tips being quite earnest and reasonable.
In his Autobiography Dali said that since commerical interests were going to copy his work anyway he might as well sell directly to them so they didn't make cheap knockoffs (plus he saw no difference between high or low art, pus he was very broke )
posted by The Whelk at 10:42 AM on October 14, 2016 [1 favorite]
It's almost as if a"Top 10 Mustache Waxing Tips from Mustache-Master Dali" listicle had surfaced from the lost pages of a mid-century magazine, with all of the tips being quite earnest and reasonable.
In his Autobiography Dali said that since commerical interests were going to copy his work anyway he might as well sell directly to them so they didn't make cheap knockoffs (plus he saw no difference between high or low art, pus he was very broke )
posted by The Whelk at 10:42 AM on October 14, 2016 [1 favorite]
I have an original first edition as well - I am shocked and yet not at all surprised to see it being reissued. I came into my copy by pure luck, from a man who refused to let me pay him even a single penny for it. His recently deceased father had been a book collector and he just said to me, "You don't understand, I just want to find a good home for his books." Right place and right time. I have always treasured it, and love sharing it with friends because it is nothing short of amusing and odd.
posted by nightrecordings at 7:39 PM on October 14, 2016
posted by nightrecordings at 7:39 PM on October 14, 2016
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