225. First published in 1932, a collection of essays, exhortations, scenarios, and recipes for food of the future relates the artistic movement of Futurism to food and challenges typical nineteenth-century Italian fare. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti was an Italian poet and editor and the founder of the Futurist movement. He hated pasta. It represented "the Italian addiction to nostalgia and tradition." ( )

The woman who wrote the introduction--Leslie Chamberlain--has an interesting appreciation on her website: www.lesleychamberlain.co.uk/books.htm ( )

A "serious joke", overturning "with ribald laughter everything 'food' and 'cookbooks' held sacred."

futurist forumulas for restaurants and quisibeve
(The vague quantities given in many of these formulas, far from constituting a matter of concern, should on the contrary stimulate the imagination of Futurist cooks, for fortuitous mistakes often lead to new dishes.)

This is no ordinary cookbook!

eu 2.000; Pont. 3.800 ( )