tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post7049270820773129174..comments2024-03-28T01:49:29.773-07:00Comments on lostpastremembered: The Alice B Toklas Cookbook Part I and 14th of July Salad with NasturtiumsDeana Sidneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14908407077861396161noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post-72129126354650384762012-07-18T12:46:09.512-07:002012-07-18T12:46:09.512-07:00I hate to admit this but Gertrude Stein has always...I hate to admit this but Gertrude Stein has always been one of my least favorite writers. I could barely slog through what I felt was her dense and dry prose in grad school ... so for that reason I believe I have unfairly ignored Alice B. Toklas, but this post has made me reevaluate that 1000%, Fascinating, I am sure I would love the cookbook!Tasty Trixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17583301157540398839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post-75547757552152464112012-07-11T19:51:42.105-07:002012-07-11T19:51:42.105-07:00Canibus-spiked, spicy fruit-nut “ Haschich Fudge” ...Canibus-spiked, spicy fruit-nut “ Haschich Fudge” candies sounds intriguing. I'm sure it's worth the trouble... The salad is gorgeous! I should grow nasturtium too.Fresh Local and Besthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06975218501433243628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post-27202257340043690382012-07-11T15:19:19.441-07:002012-07-11T15:19:19.441-07:00Deanna, I'm trying to get a line on a cooling ...Deanna, I'm trying to get a line on a cooling collar for poor Petunia, from a friend with a whole mess of dogs. I'll let you know when I find something.Marjiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14950085029835332900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post-87499947913287861072012-07-10T18:54:26.047-07:002012-07-10T18:54:26.047-07:00Sounds so fabulous!Sounds so fabulous!Blond Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09404456624316008610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post-31174314880157229282012-07-09T19:03:27.634-07:002012-07-09T19:03:27.634-07:00BErnini threw me for a loupe there. Really lovely ...BErnini threw me for a loupe there. Really lovely post. Kind of makes me want to visit, like the guy in Woody Allen's film.Ken Albalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379852662105383295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post-70856336880594436772012-07-09T15:57:07.138-07:002012-07-09T15:57:07.138-07:00Who wouldn't trade something precious to be a ...Who wouldn't trade something precious to be a guest at one of those dinner parties. Awww now I have to go and find a copy of this book. Your post got me hooked.Lorahttp://www.diaryofamadhausfrau.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post-16388349593663290302012-07-08T23:14:51.002-07:002012-07-08T23:14:51.002-07:00I enjoyed reading your interesting post. Your sal...I enjoyed reading your interesting post. Your salad looks very beautiful!! I've never heard of nasturtium leaves before but these leaves are so pretty. And I love your bowl too - reminds me of Japanese bowl (is it?). :-)Nami | Just One Cookbookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17104033889937635168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post-9119862160077800562012-07-07T20:37:46.450-07:002012-07-07T20:37:46.450-07:00what a wonderful combination of flavors in that sa...what a wonderful combination of flavors in that salad, and I never knew that about nasturtium.<br />On another note, I would love to serve those brownies at one of my sister in laws DAR meetings just for fun!Chef Dennis Littleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388059515828451861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post-50530505855786089392012-07-07T08:11:52.189-07:002012-07-07T08:11:52.189-07:00What a hoot. Had no idea there was such a cookbook...What a hoot. Had no idea there was such a cookbook. You've made it such fun, too, Deana. Such a world they had, filled with characters. One reads so much about those days, but never a mention of a cookbook that I remember, but then I'm not as well read as you.<br /><br />Great salad...my mother adored nasturtiums. Made a butter with them and also put them in salads. I remember stopping at a roadside stand up at Walloon Lake in Michigan and buying bunches of them for her.<br />Looking forward to the next post....Barbarahttp://www.moveablefeastscookbook.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post-46322797626964689482012-07-06T17:30:16.604-07:002012-07-06T17:30:16.604-07:00OK, this is the way to write a cookbook: about fri...OK, this is the way to write a cookbook: about friends, about the LIFE behind the meals and the RISKS that people took to be DIFFERENT and TASTE, I mean, really TASTE the food and life. My dear, those BROWNIES!!!!! teeehee...I think some of my high school friends may have read this book or got wind of this recipe somewhere!! I love how Stein also supported artists to keep them feed and working. Now we look at these lives and some of us just look at the glamor they left behind, while in their time, they were JUST LIVING. I wonder what future generations will say about US...WHERE WE LIVING for the ART OF IT?<br /><br />AND you love belugas TOO????? Don't you just love them and those silly pinpoint eyes of theirs that hold so much beauty within? I so agree that if people would just REACH high but also down DEEP, maybe selfish decisions would be thought about twice. Oh to dream....NO...TO LIVE IT, TO MAKE IT HAPPEN so that our recipes for life will one day be someone's inspiration.<br /><br />THANK YOU for this delicious feast! AnitaCastles Crowns and Cottageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01780241008313365707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post-44598750606291408402012-07-06T08:39:19.968-07:002012-07-06T08:39:19.968-07:00I started reading your post because I was thrilled...I started reading your post because I was thrilled to find someone else who uses nasturtiums in salads! Just the very thought of bringing those "special" brownies to my local DAR event is enough to give me paroxysms for a week. (-: Thank you for a wonderful post and a good laugh!Sugar Raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08197987026979581988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post-55903235989733353352012-07-05T13:59:45.541-07:002012-07-05T13:59:45.541-07:00Anonymous. Stein and Toklas referred to one anoth...Anonymous. Stein and Toklas referred to one another as husband/hubbie and wife/wifie (and lobster, mount fattie, cake and fattuski). Their word choice, not my description.Deana Sidneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14908407077861396161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post-46358584896387996672012-07-05T06:56:47.256-07:002012-07-05T06:56:47.256-07:00Came across this blog via my Google Alert for phra...Came across this blog via my Google Alert for phrase "play bridge"--I published a book, and have a blog about, playing sociable bridge and ladies bridge lunch. <br /><br />Would you believe, I have a section on the Toklas cookbook in my book? First, because of that humorous remark on shocking the bridge lunch club with hashish brownies. But also because, as I say in my book, my surprise at finding "amongst the recipes of the rich and famous, in this esoteric cookbook . . . that classic of ladies lunch, that all-American often made fun of tomato aspic ring [made with] Campbell's Soup and Miracle Whip." (Contributed, book says, to Toklas by friend Mrs. Carlton Lake of Paris)<br /><br />I found chopped green pepper tea sandwiches were a staple of the ladies lunch in early part of the 1900s. My gosh, another Toklas friend (Faria Marinoff of NYC) contributed a sophisticated version of that sandwich to the Toklas cookbook! Minced or ground green pepper, raw spinach, watercress, parsley, green onion tops, combined with dill, thyme, tarragon (fresh if possible) and the butter or mayonnaise to create a spreadable filling. <br /><br />If I were a NYC caterer, in this health-obsessed age, I'd offer that as the Toklas Tea Sandwich (would have to work out amounts of each ingredient of course). <br /><br />Incidentally, first time I read this blog you referenced under "you might also like" a 1913book on chicken salad and ladies lunch--now, that reference is gone! How can I see that link again? <br /><br />Just in case I live long enough to do a revised edition of my Bridge Table or What's Trump Anyway? book--Im 92 and struggling just to finish up 52 blog posts (a bridge deck is 52)before I succumb to senility.<br /><br />My only complaint about your wonderful website is that white on black graphics! Is that ever hard on old eyes.maggy simonyhttp://bridgetable.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post-59064616197017126442012-07-04T20:35:16.181-07:002012-07-04T20:35:16.181-07:00What a beautiful tribute post to a woman that cont...What a beautiful tribute post to a woman that contributed so much. :)Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigellahttp://www.notquitenigella.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post-9525500324679819292012-07-04T17:20:33.768-07:002012-07-04T17:20:33.768-07:00Your photos always have such a dream-like quality,...Your photos always have such a dream-like quality, Deana. What a life they had, the company they kept. Good for you for remembering them and a wonderful recipe from Alice's cookbook.SavoringTime in the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416968440250548090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post-68942110371987432442012-07-04T16:47:38.961-07:002012-07-04T16:47:38.961-07:00Adore this book not sure if it is the tales of lif...Adore this book not sure if it is the tales of life or the recipes, but I just adore it. <br />Would like to point out that although Stein was not 'rich' she wasnt exactly poor either. And as someone who has been living with my also female partner, albeit a mere quarter of the time Gertrude and Alice did, I must correct you, we are not living as man and wife, we are just living together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post-83019094593663158742012-07-04T14:27:12.238-07:002012-07-04T14:27:12.238-07:00Oh my, I have to get that book!Oh my, I have to get that book!pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02651944290195111894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post-12354470798200016112012-07-04T13:35:25.945-07:002012-07-04T13:35:25.945-07:00What an interesting read! I do not own a copy of t...What an interesting read! I do not own a copy of the book but it sounds like a must have :)<br />Wishing you a wonderful 4th!Magic of Spicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05034283259164629148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post-69448394160957126422012-07-04T11:39:11.900-07:002012-07-04T11:39:11.900-07:00I have never read Alice's cookbook and actuall...I have never read Alice's cookbook and actually downloaded it after going to the recent Stein exhibit at the Met. You've inspired me to get started reading. Also thanks for the info on nasturtiums - I knew nothing about how to use them, or their taste, but I've been eying the beautiful blooms at the farm. I promise to become more adventurous!T.W. Barritt at Culinary Typeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08707931838240978818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post-55987451170872517102012-07-04T11:30:12.362-07:002012-07-04T11:30:12.362-07:00It is really interesting..I never knew she had a c...It is really interesting..I never knew she had a cookbook....<br />I too am growing nasturtiums..calendulas,pansies, herbs,and can't wait to do things with them..My calendulas were started from seed in the house..I am in love w/ mine..and I love the way nasturtiums photo:) I am so happy for you that you've made a garden..Look what you did!La Table De Nanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358539954508050792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778626287556834261.post-23016516493632142112012-07-04T11:19:15.950-07:002012-07-04T11:19:15.950-07:00Interesting post as always with masses of info. I ...Interesting post as always with masses of info. I used to use nasturtiums a lot in salads but they not grow very well here :( I must try again.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782670749466305626noreply@blogger.com