Publisher's Synopsis
"Eat your way to sanity the Freudian way, with recipes from Sigmund Freud's long-suppressed private cook-book. Here is the definitive work Freud would have given us had he not been distracted by his patients, anxieties, and professional articles. As the master himself writes, "Enough has been recorded of what we said; yet not one word of what we ate." These are the authentic dishes which not only delighted those pioneers of the pleasure principle, but nourished them as well. With these recipes are Freud's intimate revelations about his colleagues and patients mouths, their gastronomical peculiarities and some of his own, and previously unpublished reflections on his theories, including "Civilization and Its Indigestion" and "Luncheon Interruptus." The truth comes out about Jung's fainting spells and Freud's lifelong dislike of chicken. Replete with source notes, editors' comments, index, tips on technique, and delightful illustrations o
