Celebrated Actor-Folks' Cookeries

Mary Pickford, Enrico Caruso, Lillian Russell and a hundred more stars of 1916 — each sharing the dish they actually cooked. The original celebrity cookbook.

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Highlights

Alice Brady

CUT BEANS, DUTCH STYLE Strip the beans and cut into strips. Place in a sauté pan and add to one pound of beans two ounces of…

Phillip Merivale

TENDERLOIN STEAK With a very sharp knife, make s'anting scores here and there across the surface of a nice thick steak.

Regina Vicarino

CLAM CROQUETTES One pint of round clams, chopped fine. One cup rolled cracker crumbs. One well-beaten egg. One tablespoon melted…

Ann Murdock

HEAVENLY LEMON PIE

Eleanor Woodruff

OVEN-BROILED BLACK BASS Select a black bass weighing about three pounds.

Enrico Caruso

TERRAPIN A LA BALTIMORE 1 terrapin 3/4 cup white stock 1½ tablespoon wine Yolks of two eggs Cayenne pepper 1/2 tablespoon butter…

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