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English
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"The French Riviera, spring 1936: It's off-season in the lovely seaside village of Juan-les-Pins, where seventeen-year-old Ondine cooks with her mother in the kitchen of their family-owned Cafe Paradis. A mysterious new patron who's slipped out of Paris and is traveling under a different name has made an unusual request--to have his lunch served to him at the nearby villa he's secretly rented, where he wishes to remain incognito. Pablo Picasso is...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Thrilling, fast-paced, and engaging, Cooking for Picasso is a novel that vividly portrays the South of France. Intrigue, art, food, and deception are woven together in a tale of love and betrayal around the life and legacy of Picasso. Touching and true, this well-written narrative made me long for my mother’s coq au vin and for the sun of Juan-les-Pins.”—Jacques Pépin, chef, TV personality, author.
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Publisher
DelMonico Books · D.A.P
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"This lavishly illustrated volume reexamines Pablo Picasso's famous Blue Period (1901-04) in paintings, works on paper and sculpture. Relying on new information gleaned from technical studies performed on The Blue Room (Le Tub) (1901), Crouching Beggarwoman (La Miséreuse accroupie) (1902) and The Soup (La Soupe) (1903), this multidisciplinary volume combines art history and advanced conservation science in order to show how the young Picasso fashioned...
Publisher
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"This unprecedented book explores the evolving concept of unfinishedness as essential to understanding art movements from the Renaissance to the present. Unfinished presents more than 170 works, created in a variety of media, by artists ranging from Leonardo, Titian, Rembrandt, Turner, and C©♭zanne to Picasso, Warhol, Twombly, Freud, Richter, and Nauman. What unites these works, across centuries and media, is that each one displays some aspect...
Author
Publisher
Page Street Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Awesome Edible Kids Crafts is just what you need to avoid harmful chemicals and make craft-time cleanup a breeze. Jam-packed with imaginative projects that spark creativity and provide hours of entertainment using supplies that are safe, nontoxic and tasty, this book is your little Picasso's guide to producing masterpieces that are as enjoyable to eat as they are to make. Watch your little one's face light up with delight and awe as they create a...
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Publisher
Rock Point, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Beautiful Bread shows you, step by step, how to bake beautiful, mouthwatering masterpieces for any occasion"--
"For beginner and expert bread bakers alike, learn how to turn artisan focaccia breads into over 30 showstopping edible creations! Let professional baker and bread artist Theresa Culletto show you how to take your bread baking to the next level by turning rustic focaccia breads into artful masterpieces. In Beautiful Bread, you will not...
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
At the age of six, Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) wanted to be a cook. At the age of seven, he wanted to be Napoleon. “Since then,” he later said, “my ambition has steadily grown, and my megalomania with it. Now I want only to be Salvador Dalí, I have no greater wish.” Throughout his life, Dalí was out to become Dalí: that is, one of the most significant artists and eccentrics of the 20th century. This weighty volume is the most complete...