The Hashish Cookbook (1966) by Panama Rose and publisher Ira Cohen is a countercultural recipe book blending Moroccan, Indian, and Andalusian cannabis preparations with art and illustration.
Key Takeaways
First edition published in Morocco in 1966 by Ira Cohen; republished by Gnaoua Press (USA) making it an underground bestseller.
Recipes include Tangier’s Majoon, Indian Ghee and Bhang, Andalusian candy, and Brion Gysin’s Hash Fudge.
Panama Rose (Rosalind Schwartz) handled all arrangement and design; Cohen was her partner at the time of publication.
The book doubles as an art object with illustrations throughout, positioned as a cultural artifact of 1960s counterculture.
Hacker News Comment Review
The current site offers only three pages of the book; full scans are accessible via Internet Archive for those wanting the complete text and artwork.
One commenter flagged that certain recipes include dangerous additives like datura stramonium, raising questions about the book’s more experimental edges.
Notable Comments
@x__: “Not building a wall but making a brick” – commenter @neomantra flagged this blog tagline as a reusable framing for OSS contribution philosophy.
