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""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.

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...a visual explosion of surrealism and outrageous recipes. A mammoth tome whose lustrous gold cover hints at decadence to come. A cookbook like no other. Food porn at its most gluttonous. A look into a lost gastronomic world. ...a surrealist feast for the eyes, a kaleidoscope of weird, captivating, extraordinary, and mind-bending images, with recipes to match.

Salvador Dali's exotic and imaginative cookbook, filled with the stuff your dreams (or possibly your nightmares) are made of. A mammoth tome whose lustrous gold cover hints at decadence to come. A surrealist, sensory treat. Surrealist fans and kooky cooks will enjoy TASCHEN's re-issue of Salvador Dali's 1973 cookbook, Les Diners de Gala. Illustrated with Dali's bizarre, erotic work and dinner spreads shot in garish 1970s tones, this is a legitimate cookbook... This is one for hedonists. It brims with Dali's sumptuous, often phallic, illustrations and wry photographs of the mustachioed painter at his famous dinner parties... It's unlike any other cookbook this year, or any other year, for that matter. ...a surrealist feast for the eyes, a kaleidoscope of weird, captivating, extraordinary, and mind-bending images, with recipes to match.

...a visual explosion of surrealism and outrageous recipes. * The New York Times * A mammoth tome whose lustrous gold cover hints at decadence to come. * Hyperallergic.com * A cookbook like no other. * British GQ * Food porn at its most gluttonous. * Wired.com * A look into a lost gastronomic world. * The Observer * ...a surrealist feast for the eyes, a kaleidoscope of weird, captivating, extraordinary, and mind-bending images, with recipes to match. * The Boston Globe *

...a visual explosion of surrealism and outrageous recipes. A cookbook like no other. A look into a lost gastronomic world. Food porn at its most gluttonous. ...a surrealist feast for the eyes, a kaleidoscope of weird, captivating, extraordinary, and mind-bending images, with recipes to match. A mammoth tome whose lustrous gold cover hints at decadence to come.

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Benedikt Taschen es el fundador y director general de TASCHEN. Comenzó su vida profesional a los 18 años en una tienda de 25 metros cuadrados en su Colonia natal (Alemania), a la que llamó TASCHEN COMICS. Al finales de los años 1980, los títulos de TASCHEN estaban disponibles en más de una docena de idiomas y a precios que finalmente hacían que los libros de arte fueran asequibles tanto para estudiantes como para coleccionistas, algo que es aún hoy el credo de la editorial. Otros títulos SUMO que ha publicado: Helmut Newton; Genesis, de Salgado; David Hockney; GOAT, The Greatest of All Time; T

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