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<\/a>\u201cThis is a cookbook,\u201d Dorothy Iannone\u2019s deeply personal, handwritten collection of recipes begins. \u201cPlease read the remarks.\u201d It\u2019s a fair request. Dedicated to her lover and muse Dieter Roth, Iannone\u2019s 1969 <\/em>A Cookbook\u00a0drips with love and color. <\/em>Nestled among instructions for her favorite dishes are the feminist artist\u2019s sweetest, most intimate thoughts. Across from an entry on lentil soup, she writes: \u201cOnly pain or pleasure can make art. Some people say longing too.\u201d Directions for beef Wellington abut her admission that \u201ceven the wedding a few weeks ago of my best friend failed to move me.\u201d Ticking across the top of her gazpacho recipe: \u201cI don\u2019t like to be sad. Half of the time I am.\u201d A selection of images from the new facsimile printing of <\/em>A Cookbook<\/a>, out now from <\/em>JRP|Editions, appears below.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dorothy Iannone, A Cookbook<\/em>, 1969\/2019. Courtesy the artist and Air de Paris. Photo: JRP|Editions\/Nicolas Leuba.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dorothy Iannone, A Cookbook<\/em>, 1969\/2019. Courtesy the artist and Air de Paris. Photo: JRP|Editions.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dorothy Iannone, A Cookbook<\/em>, 1969\/2019. Courtesy the artist and Air de Paris. Photo: JRP|Editions.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dorothy Iannone, A Cookbook<\/em>, 1969\/2019. Courtesy the artist and Air de Paris. Photo: JRP|Editions\/Nicolas Leuba.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dorothy Iannone, A Cookbook<\/em>, 1969\/2019. Courtesy the artist and Air de Paris. Photo: JRP|Editions.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dorothy Iannone, A Cookbook<\/em>, 1969\/2019. Courtesy the artist and Air de Paris. Photo: JRP|Editions\/Nicolas Leuba.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dorothy Iannone, A Cookbook<\/em>, 1969\/2019. Courtesy the artist and Air de Paris. Photo: JRP|Editions.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dorothy Iannone, A Cookbook<\/em>, 1969\/2019. Courtesy the artist and Air de Paris. Photo: JRP|Editions\/Nicolas Leuba.<\/p><\/div>\n

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