Toulouse-Lautrec. The Pleasures of a Gourmet.
Scala| N° d'inventaire | 22182 |
| Format | 17 x 23 |
| Détails | 127 p., numerous color illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Lyon, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782359882360 |
This gourmet biography, accompanied by 30 culinary recipes attributed to Toulouse-Lautrec, traces the painter's childhood and adolescence, his life in Paris in the festive and bohemian atmosphere of his studio, his talent for friendship and his passionate love affairs, and finally his unbridled taste for Parisian nightlife. While his work is world-renowned and admired, it must be remembered that Toulouse-Lautrec loved painting as much as cooking, working as much as enjoying life. As the poet Paul Leclercq said of him, he "knew how to cook as well as he knew how to eat. The cooking of a leg of lamb for seven hours, the preparation of a lobster à l'Américaine were no secrets for him." A selection of nearly 70 of his works echoes this delightful account of the painter's life.
This gourmet biography, accompanied by 30 culinary recipes attributed to Toulouse-Lautrec, traces the painter's childhood and adolescence, his life in Paris in the festive and bohemian atmosphere of his studio, his talent for friendship and his passionate love affairs, and finally his unbridled taste for Parisian nightlife. While his work is world-renowned and admired, it must be remembered that Toulouse-Lautrec loved painting as much as cooking, working as much as enjoying life. As the poet Paul Leclercq said of him, he "knew how to cook as well as he knew how to eat. The cooking of a leg of lamb for seven hours, the preparation of a lobster à l'Américaine were no secrets for him." A selection of nearly 70 of his works echoes this delightful account of the painter's life.