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cathydavies's review
5.0
I enjoyed this book a mixture of travel/touring autobiography and of French cooking including some delicious sounding recipes.
I've already tried the mushroom flan and I should mention that the recipes are not for the faint of heart or inexperienced cook.
I've already tried the mushroom flan and I should mention that the recipes are not for the faint of heart or inexperienced cook.
fallchicken's review
5.0
Good fun. Most recipes more complicated than I'm willing to do, but we end with the famous hashish "brownies". The complete book has been on my read-me shelf for a long time. It will go to the head of the queue.
cjdavey's review
1.0
Gertrude Stein is my partner. War's a terrible inconvenience, but we had some nice ham to help us through it. Did I mention that Gertrude Stein is my partner?
nabilah's review
4.0
This memoir cater to all kind of food lovers especially lovers of French food and it is especially suitable for people who doesn't want to be bothered by seductive photos of food and thick pages.This memoir did not have many recipes but all the recipes are worthy to try because they are unique. To sum it up, this is a perfect book to read while commuting to work or lounging at home.
pandemoniumpizza's review
4.0
Murder in the Kitchen is part of the Penguin Great Food series, featuring excerpts from various books to do with food.
Alice B. Toklas was the cook and partner of Gertrude Stein. Together they had a house where they hosted several artists and writers such as Picasso.
Alice B. Toklas had a really interesting life and this book has snippets of stories from her life. Interspersed with these stories are recipes she collected and created throughout her life.
The recipes themselves sounded really good and there were a few of them that I wouldn't mind trying.
I really enjoyed reading Murder in the Kitchen and my only complaint is that there wasn't enough of it. Luckily, this is an excerpt from Toklas' book, The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook so I imagine I will be checking that out eventually.
Alice B. Toklas was the cook and partner of Gertrude Stein. Together they had a house where they hosted several artists and writers such as Picasso.
Alice B. Toklas had a really interesting life and this book has snippets of stories from her life. Interspersed with these stories are recipes she collected and created throughout her life.
The recipes themselves sounded really good and there were a few of them that I wouldn't mind trying.
I really enjoyed reading Murder in the Kitchen and my only complaint is that there wasn't enough of it. Luckily, this is an excerpt from Toklas' book, The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook so I imagine I will be checking that out eventually.
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