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

Mary Pickford

¼ lb. pot cheese or cream cheese ¼ lb. butter I ¼ lb. Flour Mix into a dough then cut into very thin squares.

Olga Petrova

SALAD "PETROVA" Hearts of endive split lengthwise with sliced beets and hard-boiled egg, truffle and white of egg Julienne, French…

Molly Pearson

ORANGE SAUCE ½ pint water 2 oz. sugar Rind and juice 2 oranges Juice 1 lemon 1 teaspoon corn flour Boil water, oranges, rind and juice…

Guy Bates Post

NE steak, one and one-half inches thick.

Effingham Pinto

1 envelope Knox Sparkling Gelatine 1½ cups cold water 1/2 cup hot water Whites of 2 eggs 1 cup chopped nut meats 2 cups brown or maple sugar Soak gelatine in cold water…

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