Toklas writes, " One day, when Picasso was to lunch with us, I decorated a fish in a way that I thought would amuse him." She explains how she made a court bouillon to cook it in, which is a broth made with dry white wine.

托克拉斯写道：“有一天， 当毕加索和我们一起吃午饭时，我用一种我认为会逗他的方式装饰了一条鱼。 她解释了她如何制作宫廷肉汤来烹饪它，这是一种用干白葡萄酒制成的肉汤。