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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8 players in this part of Actor-Folks' Cookeries.

William Faversham

POTATOES Plain Boiled Put your potatoes in cold water for about a minute, then take them out and peel them. Take the point of your knife…

Douglas Fairbanks

A SOUTHERN DELICACY Take the meat of a large crab, already cooked, leaving out the gray parts and flake it into small pieces and weigh it.

W. J Ferguson

CREOLE SALAD 2 onions 3/4 cup brown sugar 4 cucumbers 1/4 cup vinegar Chop onions very fine, pare and slice cucumbers, sprinkle with salt…

Trixie Friganza

FISH CHOWDER 1⅓ lbs. fresh codfish 1 small onion 6 medium-size potatoes-sliced Boil the fish and onion until nearly done, add potatoes…

Pauline Frederick

Use any milk that is left over.

Maude Fay

SCALLOPED EGGPLANT Pare an eggplant and cut in half-inch squares. Cook in a little boiling water till soft, then drain. Add a finely…

Helen Fulton

CHOCOLATE CARAMELS 2½ tablespoons butter 2 cups molasses 1 cup brown sugar ½ cup milk 3 squares unsweetened chocolate 1 teaspoon vanilla…

Margaret Fielding

CHEESE PASTE-FIELDING To one-quarter cup of English walnuts, chopped very fine, add a cake of cream cheese.

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