Dali. Les Diners de Gala

'Les Diners de Gala is uniquely devoted to the pleasures of taste… If you are a disciple of one of those calorie-counters who turn the joys of eating into a form of punishment, close this book at once; it is too lively, too aggressive, and far too impertinent for you' — Salvador Dali. Food and surrealism make perfect bedfellows: sex and lobsters, collage and cannibalism, the meeting of a swan and a toothbrush on a pastry case. The opulent dinner parties thrown by Salvador Dali (1904–1989) and his wife and muse, Gala (1894–1982) were the stuff of legend. Luckily for us, Dali published a cookbook in 1973, 'Les diners de Gala', which reveals some of the sensual, imaginative, and exotic elements that made up their notorious gatherings.