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 Gillette

"But civilized man cannot live without cooks." VANILLA WAFERS

Laura Guerite

BRUSSELS SPROUTS-GUERITE One quart of sprouts, boiled until tender; one quart of raw chestnuts, boiled in salt water until the shells split…

Dorothy Green

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Linda Griffith

½ cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup milk 2 squares chocolate 2½ scant cups flour 2 teaspoons Royal baking powder Mix in usual way, adding melted…

Maria Gay

BROILED BACON The best way to cook bacon is to broil it. Cut the bacon in the thinnest possible slices, rejecting the rind. Lay the pieces…

Dixie Gerard

ORANGE FROSTING FOR CAKE Grate rind of one orange, add one tablespoon orange juice and let it stand one hour. Squeeze through a fine cloth…

Valentine Grant

BREADED VEAL CUTLETS Use slices cut from leg. Remove bone and cut in pieces for serving. Beat an egg, mix with it a little parsley, picked…

Louise Glaum

Slice a gallon of unpeeled green tomatoes and six large onions; mix them together. Stir into these a quart of vinegar, one cupful of brown sugar, a tablespoonful each of…

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