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

Otis Skinner

SALAD Julia Arthur Dices of celery hearts. Small heads of lettuce in quarters.

Emily Stevens

FANNIE WARD 9

Julia Sanderson

CHICKEN-Southern Style Chicken fried to a golden brown in plenty of butter and, when taken up on a hot platter, covered with a thick gravy…

Amelia Summerville

AMBROSIA (Food for the Gods) Have attractive-looking salad bowl-glass.

Rose Stahl

Celebrity COCOANUT CAKE

Milton Sills

6 large potatoes 1 onion POTATO PANCAKES

Joseph Santley

RICE SNOW BALLS Cook one cup rice in large quantity of water, and let boil rapidly in uncovered saucepan until tender; say about 30…

John Philip Sousa

plum. Put into sauce and boil one and one-half hours slowly. This makes fully three hours' slow boiling for the sauce. SPAGHETTI

Mack Sennett

encorssal SCALLOPED

William E Shay

NUT FRAPPE 1/2 envelope Knox Sparkling 1 cup cream Gelatine 1/4 cup cold water 1/2 cup sugar 3/4 cup milk White of 1 egg 1 cup chopped nuts…

Beverly Sitgreaves

BROILED ROE HERRING 6 herring 10 strips of bacon The fish are split and broiled. Be careful not to lose the roe out. Serve hot with bacon.

Fred Santley

WM. HODGE MAPLE PARFAIT

Dave Stamper

SALAD DRESSING -CLAIRE 2 tablespoons mayonnaise dressing 1 tablespoon chili sauce 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon white vinegar 1…

Myrtle Stedman

STRAWBERRY SHORT CAKE

Carrie Lee Stoyle

IMPRIONIS One Spanish onion (cut twice in rounds); lay in deep saucepan. One cup of washed rice; lay on top of onions. Little salt…

Dorothy Sherman

DOROTHY SHERMAN'S BROWN BREAD 2 cups white flour 1½ cake compressed yeast 2 cups water (lukewarm) 1/2 cup sugar Pinch of salt 2 cups Graham…

Fanny Stanhope

FISH-FLAKE 1 large can fish-flakes; or 2 cupfuls any cooked white fish 2 small onions 2 green peppers

Emma Stevens

"STICKIES" Baking-powder biscuit-dough Sugar, either brown or white Nutmeg Butter Spread the biscuit-dough thickly with the butter beaten…

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