Photograph by Carl Van Vechten,1949, public domain via Wikimedia Commons Alice B. Toklas (1877 - ) left Seattle for Paris when she was 30 years old. In Paris she met another American lesbian, Gertrude Stein. The two women were a couple for the next 39 years, living through … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote:”Everybody Gets So Much Information All Day Long That They Lose Their Common Sense.”- Gertrude Stein
A fierce woman, and a modernist literary pioneer and a leading figure of the pre-World War I art circles in Paris, Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946) established a salon, where some of the leading proponents of modernism in both literature and visual art gathered. Her modernity was … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “Whoever Said Money Can’t Buy Happiness Didn’t Know Where To Shop.” – Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein was born in Pittsburgh and raised in Oakland, California. She studied psychology at Radcliffe College and medicine at Johns Hopkins University, but in 1903, she moved to Paris to be a writer. In 1907, she met the lovely Alice B. Toklas of San Francisco. Five years … [Read more...]
Spice Up Your Thanksgiving with Alice B. Toklas’ Recipe for Hashish Fudge Brownies
If you're asked to bring dessert for Thanksgiving what could be better than Hashish Fudge? Well, it's one way to deal with your Trump loving relatives... Anyway, the recipe was printed in The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book in 1954 but it wasn’t hers at all. It was sent to her by … [Read more...]
