Food Friday: Frankfurters, Zucchini, and Coffee Sparkle
On Food.Family.Ephemera, I usually focus on community or fundraiser cookbooks, but there are other types of group cookbooks. During my recent trip to the Culinary collection at the Los Angeles Public Library, I took some photos of cookbooks I thought would be interesting to spotlight. So here is today's Food Friday addition.
What Actors Eat -- When They Eat. This 1939 cookbook features actor's biographical information, signatures, and of course what recipes they love [?].
This eye-catching title seems to suggest that celebrities don't eat so they can look better than the rest of us or that they are more selective in their food choices. Either way, my guess is that the recipes may not have anything to do with the celebrity contributor and more a function of good PR work. Each page features biographical information about the celebrity as well as their recipe. Their signature is also a nice touch.
It's interesting to me that the focus of the forward is how men prefer women who can cook since many of the recipes in this book are from men. But it probably makes more sense when you learn that Anita Loos was the writer of the novel, Gentleman Prefer Blondes. My favorite line from this Forward is "the girl who can concoct a delectable morsel like Crab Au Gourmet or eggs Chinois never need worry about becoming a bachelor maid."
The bios have interesting tid bits including, in some cases for both men and women, their height and weight. You know this recipe for Stuffed Frankfurters is great because it includes bacon and it fits right in with today's bacon wrapped hot dog recipe craze. Ralph Bellamy was a man ahead of his time.
For my gardening friends with too many zucchini's, here a recipe from Mr. Gene Autry, The Singing Cowboy. It would seem that an unknown library patron added their preference to the ingredients found in the Spanish Sauce. Notice Autry's bio includes which high school he graduated from and where he worked prior to being an actor.
Portland Hoffa who was a comedienne and starred on her husband Fred Allen's radio show provides a coffee drink that is reminiscent of a modern-day frappuchino.
A great cookbook that I would love to add to my collection. Other bloggers have written about What Actors Eat -- When They Eat. You can see more images of its pages on the blogs Persimmon & Peach and Bill's Blog.
What Actors Eat -- When They Eat. This 1939 cookbook features actor's biographical information, signatures, and of course what recipes they love [?].
This eye-catching title seems to suggest that celebrities don't eat so they can look better than the rest of us or that they are more selective in their food choices. Either way, my guess is that the recipes may not have anything to do with the celebrity contributor and more a function of good PR work. Each page features biographical information about the celebrity as well as their recipe. Their signature is also a nice touch.
It's interesting to me that the focus of the forward is how men prefer women who can cook since many of the recipes in this book are from men. But it probably makes more sense when you learn that Anita Loos was the writer of the novel, Gentleman Prefer Blondes. My favorite line from this Forward is "the girl who can concoct a delectable morsel like Crab Au Gourmet or eggs Chinois never need worry about becoming a bachelor maid."
For my gardening friends with too many zucchini's, here a recipe from Mr. Gene Autry, The Singing Cowboy. It would seem that an unknown library patron added their preference to the ingredients found in the Spanish Sauce. Notice Autry's bio includes which high school he graduated from and where he worked prior to being an actor.
Portland Hoffa who was a comedienne and starred on her husband Fred Allen's radio show provides a coffee drink that is reminiscent of a modern-day frappuchino.
A great cookbook that I would love to add to my collection. Other bloggers have written about What Actors Eat -- When They Eat. You can see more images of its pages on the blogs Persimmon & Peach and Bill's Blog.
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