Found Meals of the Lost Generation: Recipes and Ancedotes from 1920s Paris [Paperback]

Suzanne Rodriguez-Hunter (Author)

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Recipes from the tables of James Joyce, Jean Cocteau, and others. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Smitten by a long-ago era, Rodriguez-Hunter offers what she calls an "edible time machine," or a re-creation of the meals of American expatriates in Paris. Chapters focus on famous couples of the day and the food they shared with the rest of their thriving community. The reader roams from the staid tea of Gertrude Stein's home to the sensual overload offered by artist Man Ray and his muse, Kiki, and from the cycle races of Hemingway to the salon of Picasso, where at a joyous celebration for an aging Matisse, a donkey wanders in and eats Alice B. Toklas's hat. The meals themselves, however, retain little of their creators' flair. Surprisingly bland entries for cocoa and boiled potatoes compete with far too many recipes that call for rabbit. Additionally, the recipes are laid out in paragraphs, making the food easier to read about than to cook. But Rodriguez-Hunter ably captures the excitement and romance of the period, and her description of Langston Hughes bidding farewell to his lover over heavy cream and tiny strawberries is particularly moving.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 252 pages
• Publisher: Faber & Faber (November 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0571199259
• ISBN-13: 978-0571199259
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #376,352 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #88 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Cooking by Ingredient > Sauces, Salsa & Garnishes

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For Francophiles in Paris or at home, this book is a must!, February 1, 1999

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Peter Nichols (Camden Maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Found Meals of the Lost Generation: Recipes and Ancedotes from 1920s Paris (Paperback)

This wonderful book - that reads like a fine collection of short stories - makes Paris in the heyday of its expatriate invasion come alive like no other I've read. Hemingway, Stein, Fitzgerald at al lived and wrote and feuded in Paris like nobody else ever will again, but what they ate is still there and available to us all. The food and its aromas that rise out of the pages of this charming, beautifully written book send me back to that time and place like the most vivid time machine. Suzanne Rodriguez-Hunter is as authoritive with her food as she is with her Lost Parisans, and her book will go with me the next time I go to Paris. Meanwhile it brings a heady whiff of Paris home to me.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, January 8, 1999

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This review is from: Found Meals of the Lost Generation: Recipes and Ancedotes from 1920s Paris (Paperback)

Dynamic, and conceptually unique, this book is filled with fascinating anecdotes, quotes, and recipes from the likes of Gertrude Stein, Hemingway, Rousseau and on... For, "Living one's art" was a commonplace philosophy for many of the lengends (and some obscures) who are included in this charming book. Food, drink and love! (Joyce's oysters and Jimmie's aphrodisiac) What better kindling for inspiration is there?

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved the recipes and the writing, September 21, 2010

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D. Rollins "Private Chef" (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
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I give this book the highest rating because of the wonderful anecdotes and recipes chosen by Ms. Rodriguez-Hunter. Paris and France in this era are favorite reading topics and I appreciate the creative mind that put these delightful chapters together. The chicken and morel dish was such a hit with my friends, I substituted oven-dried tomatoes for fresh and got an astoundingly rich flavor in the sauce. I can't wait to work my way through more recipes.