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

Hattie Williams

BOSTON GINGER BREAD 1 cup molasses Blend these two together. 1 piece butter size of an egg 1/2 teaspoons of ginger 1 egg Bake in a moderate…

Robert Warwick

POT ROAST A 4 lb. piece of beef 3 large carrots cut in half 6 onions 1 bay leaf 8 potatoes 1 piece of suet Put suet in a pot and cook…

Mrs. Thomas Whiffen

GUEST PUDDING 14 lb. stale bread I 14 lb. finely chopped meat I 14 lb. granulated sugar I 14 lb. marmalade 3 eggs Mix bread crumbs, suet…

Charlotte Walker

SOUTHERN EGG-NOGG I can't cook-I can't darn socks, except when I accent the darn. The only recipe I can give you is Southern Egg-nogg. Here…

Ben Wilson

CORN AND CHEESE SOUFFLÉ 1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon chopped green pepper 1/4 cup flour 2 cups milk 1 cup chopped corn 1 cup grated…

Lucille Watson

SAUCE FOR SPAGHETTI Fry two good-sized onions in two tablespoonfuls of butter and, when brown, pour in a can of tomatoes, liquor and all.

Lucy Weston

MIXED GRILL Cook link sausages slowly with two tablespoonfuls of hot water in a covered pan until water is absorbed. This steams them…

Fanchon Wallace

PHILADELPHIA SCRAPPLE 1 cleaned pig's head 2 cupfuls of cut onion 2 quarts of corn meal 1 quart of buckwheat 5 tablespoonfuls of salt 1…

Vivian Wessell

1 cup crab meat DEVILLED CRABS

Margery Wilson

BERRY MUFFINS 1/4 cup butter 1½ cup sugar 4 teaspoons Royal baking powder 1 egg 2 22/3 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup milk 1 cup…

Eleanor Woodruff

OVEN-BROILED BLACK BASS Select a black bass weighing about three pounds.

Helen Ware

2/3 cup butter QUEEN CAKE

Rose Winter

CRAB SALAD Combine one pint of crab meat, two stalks of celery, one hard-boiled egg and one tomato. Chop the whole into small pieces…

Josephine Whittell

ELEANORA DE CISNEROS ROEDE GRITZE

Olive Wyndham

CREPE LIZZETTE Prepare two thin French pancakes, made of milk, flour and egg.

Peggy Wood

OMELETTE "PEGGY" 4 eggs 1 tablespoon of flour 1 cup of milk Beat eggs separately. To the yolks add flour which has been rubbed to a paste…

Lillian Walker

LEMON PUDDING Stir in with yolks of five eggs one-quarter pound of powdered sugar. Add the juice of a lemon, then the grated rind of the…

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