by Howard Austen and Beverly Pepper (1970)
[FROM BOOKLADY COOKS] Such a fun and naughty cookbook! Recipes, stories and all kinds of menus representing Hollywood from the eyes of fictional character Myra Breckenridge, the main character in Gore Vidal's novel and the film based on the story.
Myra shares her film focused recipes and menus with lots of naughty recipes.
Try this French dinner while you watch Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde:
Mr. Hyde Blood Pudding
St. Germain Pea Soup
Steak au Poivre
Haricort Verts Aux Amandes
Endive, Orange and Onion Salad
Dr. Jekyll's Chocolate Mousse
[FROM THE PUBLISHERS] Gore Vidal’s 1968 satirical novel Myra Breckinridge, now a camp masterpiece, was his personal favorite. It brought the gay aesthetic into the mainstream and was famously adapted for the screen in a film starring Raquel Welch and Mae West. This cookery book by Vidal’s longtime partner Howard Austen brings the same camp themes to the staid cookbook genre. Like the novel, it too salutes old Hollywood film. In the guise of Myra, the authors point out the connection between lovemaking and gastronomy, and, of course, double entendres abound.
“But isn’t it true that something small but tasty is so much more gratifying than something so large that you can’t do anything with it?”
--The Myra Breckinridge Cookbook
VINTAGE PAPERBACK - GOOD CONDITION