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 11/3 lbs. fresh codfish 1 small onion 6 medium-size potatoes-sliced Boil the fish and onion until nearly done, add potatoes…

Pauline Frederick

DAZIE COTTAGE

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 21/2 tablespoons butter 2 cups molasses 1 cup brown sugar 1½ 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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