Meet the Godmother of Cannabis Brownies

Article by Bobby Hristova, Growth Op

Cannabis edibles have come a long way from the pot brownies seen in pop culture.

As Canadians wait for cannabis edibles to hit the market in late December and early 2020, the name, Alice B. Toklas may not come to mind — but it should.

Without her, who knows how long it would’ve taken for us to discover edibles in modern civilization.

Toklas, who died in 1967 at 89-years-old, was poverty-stricken after her partner and famous author, Gertrude Stein, died.

Stein had a vast collection of art from greats like Picasso, but Toklas refused to sell any of it.

Widowed at 73-years-old, she needed to find another way.

And in 1952, Toklas looked to what she did to make Stein smile while she was alive — her cooking.

“Toklas had a book full of recipes she made for her partner.”

Cannabis Now reports Toklas met an agent from the Harper and Brothers publishing house who would publish the book.

Desperate to deliver 70,000 words in drafts to the company for her first ever book, Toklas reached out to anyone she knew to provide recipes.

One of the recipes that slipped into the book was for a hashish fudge, (an early version of a cannabis-infused chocolate).

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