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Alice B. Toklas

Born

in San Franciso, The United States

April 30, 1877

Died

March 07, 1967

Genre

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People remember American writer Alice Babette Toklas as the domestic partner of Gertrude Stein; her works include cookbooks and a volume of memoirs.

She joined as a member of the Parisian avant-garde of the early 20th century. Born to a Polish army officer in a middle-class Jewish family, she attended schools in San Francisco and Seattle. For a short time, she also studied music at the University of Washington.
She arrived in Paris and met on 8 September 1907.
Together, they hosted a salon that attracted expatriates, such as Ernest Miller Hemingway, Paul Bowles, Thornton Niven Wilder, and Sherwood Anderson, and avant-garde painters, including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Georges Braque.

Toklas, a background figure, acted as confidante, ...more

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	The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook by Alice B. Toklas, M.F.K. Fisher (Foreword) 4.02 avg rating — 918 ratings — published 1954 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder in the Kitchen 3.48 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1954 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baby Precious Always Shines: Selected Love Notes Between Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Kay Turner (Editor) 4.08 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Is Remembered 3.74 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1963 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Staying on Alone: Letters of Alice B. Toklas by Alice B. Toklas, Edward Burns (Editor) 4.18 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1973 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear Sammy: Letters from Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Samuel M. Steward 4.11 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1977 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kun koncentreret om min kones ko - En kærlig udveksling by Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Kristina Nya Glaffey (Translator) 3.68 avg rating — 34 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aromas and Flavors: Of Past and Present by Alice B. Toklas, Poppy Cannon (Introduction) 3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1997 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ma vie avec Gertrude Stein really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Echte vrouwen koken anders by Erdmute Klein (editor), Laura Esquivel, Roald Dahl 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In the menu, there should be a climax and a culmination. Come to it gently. One will suffice.”
― Alice B. Toklas

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“Experience is never at bargain price.”
― Alice B. Toklas, The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook

tags: experience, wisdom

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“Godiva was tired and old and Gertrude Stein in spring bought a new car...”
― Alice B. Toklas, The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook

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