Alice B. Toklas Cookbook: The Cannabis Recipe a Major Publisher Almost Missed

Alice B. Toklas Cookbook: The Cannabis Recipe a Major Publisher Almost Missed

July 2, 2026 · 17 min · Episode 358

About this episode

The episode explores the history of cannabis edibles through the lens of Alice B. Toklas and her cookbook, highlighting a unique recipe that gained cultural significance.

Send us Fan Mail A cannabis edible recipe slipped into a major American cookbook in 1954 and it wasn’t treated like a scandal, it was treated like food. That single detail opens a door into a much older, stranger, and more human history of cannabis edibles than dispensary shelves would have you believe. I take you from Paris salons to modern kitchens through the story of Alice B. Toklas and the infamous “Hashish Fudge” recipe that made early editions of her cookbook a collector’s item. ...

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