Pages from Salvador Dali's 'Les Dîners de Gala' (1973)
Salvador Dali's 'Les Dîners de Gala' (1973)
Page from The Artists' & Writers Cookbook
Pages from Andy Warhol and Suzie Frankfurt's 'Wild Raspberries'
Image from 'Dinner with Jackson Pollock'
Pages from 'Dinner with Jackson Pollock'
Image from Olafur Eliasson's 'The Kitchen'
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, weve selected six of our favourite artists cookbooks to inspire the ultimate Modern feast.
Salvador Dalis ‘Les Dîners de Gala
Having declared at the age of six that he wanted to be a chef, Dali is widely known for having thrown opulent, theatrical dinner parties with his wife, Gala. His cookbook, first published in 1973, is just as outlandish as his iconic Surrealist paintings, filled with delights including ‘Frog Pasties, ‘Thousand Year Old Eggs and ‘Toffee with Pinecones.
‘The Artists & Writers Cookbook
Published in 1961, this is perhaps the ultimate recipe compendium for creatives. The lavish 350-page volume contains over 220 recipes by painters, novelists, sculptors and poets including May Ray, John Keats, Marcel Duchamp and Harper Lee.
Filippo Marinettis ‘Futurist Cookbook
Originally published in 1932, this is arguably more of a provocative artistic manifesto than a functional cookbook. Marinetti sets out his argument that people ‘think, dream and act according to what they eat and drink. In it he lays out the 11 requirements for the ideal Futurist meal, which include ‘absolute originality in the food, ‘the abolition of the knife and fork and the ‘use in prescribed doses of poetry and music as surprise ingredients.
Andy Warhol and Suzie Frankfurts ‘Wild Raspberries
Proving his culinary prowess goes beyond Campbells soup, a young Andy Warhol, in collaboration with interior designer Suzie Frankfurt, painstakingly produced 34 full-colour cookbooks in the early 1960s. The handmade books were designed to mock the fashionable French cuisine publications that were mass-produced during the 1950s. Despite their efforts the books remained unpublished until ‘Wild Raspberries was rediscovered by Frankfurts son in 1997.
‘Dinner with Jackson Pollock
Although Jackson Pollock never intended his recipes for publication, Robyn Leas 2015 volume brings together the numerous handwritten recipes discovered in the Abstract Expressionists pantry from the 1950s. Revealing an unexpectedly domestic side to the somewhat notorious artist, the book even includes his award-winning apple pie recipe, having won him first place in a local pie-baking competition.
Olafur Eliassons ‘The Kitchen
Contemporary artist Olafur Elisasson brings his studio together every day for a communal lunch, to ignite artistic discussion. Bringing the artists cookbook into the 21st century, this volume features over 100 vegetarian recipes cooked at the studio kitchen, focused on conviviality, nourishment and inspiration.
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