Peter Sellers in a tacky film from 1968 that parodies the 1960s counterculture: "I Love You, Alice B. Toklas" The title is a reference to writer Alice B. Toklas, who wrote a recipe for making cannabis Brownies released in 1954.
Alice B. Toklas' Cookbook is basically a tale of how she and Gertrude Stein lived in Paris at the turn of the 20th century, hanging out with the likes of Picasso, Hemingway etc. Here and there recipies pop up (2pluck a goose..."), but that's just a sideshow. Her claim to fame, though, remains the 'invention' of the brownie, though definitely not the kind that's leave you pleasantly stoned. That came much later, in the 1970's, which the film used to good effect.
Alice B. Toklas' Cookbook is basically a tale of how she and Gertrude Stein lived in Paris at the turn of the 20th century, hanging out with the likes of Picasso, Hemingway etc. Here and there recipies pop up (2pluck a goose..."), but that's just a sideshow. Her claim to fame, though, remains the 'invention' of the brownie, though definitely not the kind that's leave you pleasantly stoned. That came much later, in the 1970's, which the film used to good effect.
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