Alice B. Toklas AKA Alice Babette Toklas Born: 30-Apr-1877 Birthplace: San Francisco, CA Died: 7-Mar-1967 Location of death: Paris, France Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, France
Gender: Female Religion: Roman Catholic Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Lesbian Occupation: Relative Nationality: France Executive summary: Gertrude Stein's lover Responsible for neither The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (1933), nor the eponymous "Alice B. Toklas" marijuana brownies -- the former was Gertrude Stein's autobiography, while the latter was a recipe written by Brion Gysin and given to Toklas for use in her first cookbook. Girlfriend: Gertrude Stein (b. 1874, cohabited 1909-46, d. 1946)
University: Seattle University University: University of Washington
Converted to Catholicism Risk Factors: Smoking
Author of books:
The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook (1954, recipes) What Is Remembered (1963, memoirs) Aromas and Flavors of Past and Present (1958, recipes, ed. Poppy Cannon)
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