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

(Spanish Style) 1 lb. chicken livers ½ lb. butter 2 yolks of eggs 2 green peppers 1 small onion 1/2 tablespoon salt I ¼ tablespoon pepper 1/2 tablespoon extract of…

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

Whites 2 eggs Fresh-grated cocoanut Powdered sugar Beat whites of eggs on a platter with a fork until stiff. Add enough powdered sugar to spread. Spread over cake,…

Milton Sills

Enough flour to make a batter Salt and pepper 1 egg Yeast powder in proportion to flour used-1 teaspoon to one cup Grate the potatoes into a large, yellow bowl and add…

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

1 pint oysters 4 tablespoons oyster liquor 4 tablespoons milk or cream ½ cup bread crumbs

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

1 cup maple syrup 1 pint cream Heat syrup, add slowly the beaten yolks of eggs.

Dave Stamper

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

Myrtle Stedman

NE box berries -wash well.

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 ½ 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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