The Bordello Cookbook [Hardcover]

Jo Foxworth (Author), Jeanne Bauer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1997

Food and sex, sex and food: the inextricable link between the two was fully understood and happily exploited by the millionaire madams of yesterday, profiled in "The Bordello Cookbook". They were America's first successful businesswomen, a gutsy band of entrepreneurial pioneers who had the wit to add wickedly delicious food and drink to the 'menu' at their joie de vivre establishments. This cookbook explores the primrose paths leading up to their un-homelike houses - mostly mansions of unalloyed gaudery and glitz. It looks in on the 'do-gooders' and police. Best of all, it serves up a brand new repertoire of recipes for food with passion - recipes for today inspired by delicious indulgences of the past. All are handily appropriate to current tastes, trends and technology. Some of the menus and recipes replicate what was served in those luxurious houses, where twenty-four gourmet kitchens were another major attraction. Most are Jeanne Bauer originals, inspired by the flash and flair of the madams and their show-off chefs. Some are simple, nostalgic dishes from places that were more exuberant than elegant. Others are festive offerings created for life's milestone occasions: holidays, birthdays, weddings and even funerals. After all, the ladies of the evening were touched by milestones too.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

While the gentlemen frolicked with the house ladies upstairs, bordello kitchen maids set out to satisfy other appetites, fixing meals to keep the customers happy "at the rest stops," as author Jo Foxworth cheerfully relates in The Bordello Cookbook. Filled with amusing anecdotes and biographical sketches about the famous madams of earlier days, this lively cookbook features recipes by Jeanne Bauer that reflect the dishes of famous "houses" such as the Everleigh's in Chicago and Houston's Chicken Ranch. (Moyer Bell, $24.95 192p ISBN 1-55921-176-8; Dec.)
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 229 pages
• Publisher: Moyer Bell Ltd; 1st edition (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559211768
• ISBN-13: 978-1559211765
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,195,939 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great gift idea!, August 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Bordello Cookbook (Hardcover)

If you have a friend who likes cooking, or has a passion for history (or maybe a history of passion), I highly recommend this book as a great gift-giving idea, and for your personal library as well!

I bought four copies: one for myself and three copies to give as birthday presents. One recipient's co-workers were so delighted with the book, that ten of them went out and ordered it right away!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars an entertainingly lacivious view of cooking, June 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Bordello Cookbook (Hardcover)

This book is not only filled with wonderful recipes, it is a delight to read. Jo Foxworth gives an informative and often humorous perspective into some of the most infamous houses of pleasure around--most of whom maintained their success with extravagant dinners. With great pictures, delicious recipes, and fabulous stories, The Bordello Cookbook goes a long way toward proving the old adage that a way to a man's heart is through his stomach!