The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book
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The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book is a celebrated mid-20th-century memoir-cookbook blending personal reminiscences of literary Paris with eclectic recipes, famously including a recipe for hashish fudge.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9798050 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book Context triple: [Alice B. Toklas, notableWork, The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book]
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas is a groundbreaking 1933 memoir by Gertrude Stein, written in the voice of her partner Alice B. Toklas, that vividly chronicles their lives among avant-garde artists and writers in early 20th-century Paris.
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The Cookbook
The Cookbook is the 2005 studio album by American rapper and producer Missy Elliott, showcasing her innovative blend of hip hop, R&B, and experimental production.
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The Moosewood Cookbook
The Moosewood Cookbook is a landmark vegetarian cookbook by Mollie Katzen, celebrated for its hand-lettered, illustrated recipes that helped popularize natural foods cooking in the United States.
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D.
A Chef in Love
A Chef in Love is a 1996 Georgian-French romantic comedy film directed by Nana Djordjadze that follows a French chef’s passionate love affair set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Georgia.
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E.
The Ballet Cook Book
The Ballet Cook Book is a mid-20th-century cookbook by ballerina Tanaquil Le Clercq that blends recipes with anecdotes and insights from the world of ballet.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book Target entity description: The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book is a celebrated mid-20th-century memoir-cookbook blending personal reminiscences of literary Paris with eclectic recipes, famously including a recipe for hashish fudge.
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A.
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas is a groundbreaking 1933 memoir by Gertrude Stein, written in the voice of her partner Alice B. Toklas, that vividly chronicles their lives among avant-garde artists and writers in early 20th-century Paris.
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B.
The Cookbook
The Cookbook is the 2005 studio album by American rapper and producer Missy Elliott, showcasing her innovative blend of hip hop, R&B, and experimental production.
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C.
The Moosewood Cookbook
The Moosewood Cookbook is a landmark vegetarian cookbook by Mollie Katzen, celebrated for its hand-lettered, illustrated recipes that helped popularize natural foods cooking in the United States.
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D.
A Chef in Love
A Chef in Love is a 1996 Georgian-French romantic comedy film directed by Nana Djordjadze that follows a French chef’s passionate love affair set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Georgia.
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E.
The Ballet Cook Book
The Ballet Cook Book is a mid-20th-century cookbook by ballerina Tanaquil Le Clercq that blends recipes with anecdotes and insights from the world of ballet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cookbook
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memoir ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
LGBT literature
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Parisian avant-garde ⓘ |
| author | Alice B. Toklas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsRecipe |
French cuisine dishes
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hashish fudge ⓘ traditional European dishes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresPerson |
Alice B. Toklas
NERFINISHED
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Gertrude Stein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEditionPlaceOfPublication | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
cookbook
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memoir ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
classic of food writing
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cult book ⓘ |
| hasSequelOrRelatedWork | Aromas and Flavors of Past and Present NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubjectCategory |
LGBT non-fiction
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books about Paris ⓘ cookbooks ⓘ memoirs ⓘ |
| influenced |
culinary writing about personal history
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later memoir-cookbooks ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| mediaType | book ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of memoir and recipes
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depiction of literary Paris ⓘ recipe for hashish fudge ⓘ |
| originalTitle | The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harper & Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
cooking
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expatriate life ⓘ gastronomy ⓘ literary circles in Paris ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adults ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
early 20th century
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interwar period ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book Description of subject: The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book is a celebrated mid-20th-century memoir-cookbook blending personal reminiscences of literary Paris with eclectic recipes, famously including a recipe for hashish fudge.
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