
Food & surrealism make perfect bedfellows sex & lobsters collage & cannibalism the meeting of a swan & a toothbrush on a pastry case The opulent dinner parties thrown by Salvador Dali (1904-1989) & his wife & muse Gala (1894-1982) were the stuff of legend Luckily for us Dali published a cookbook in 1973 Les diners de Gala which reveals some of the sensual imaginative & exotic elements that made up their notorious gatherings This reprint features all 136 recipes over 12 chapters specially illustrated by Dali & organized by meal courses including aphrodisiacs The illustrations & recipes are accompanied by Dali&s extravagant musings on subjects such as dinner conversation " The jaw is our best tool to grasp philosophical knowledge