Hello, kittens!
I hope you’ve been enjoying the Joan Crawford dishes I’ve been rolling out in honor of the new series FEUD: Bette & Joan.
But I know someone who is the definitive expert on what Joan liked to do in the kitchen. She actually wrote the book on it!
This is Cooking With Joan Crawford, compiled by Silver Screen Suppers blogging superstar, Jenny Hammerton.
It’s a rather lovely coffee table type book, that contains over 30 of Joan’s very own recipes. Illustrated with postcards of Joan from Jenny’s collection.
Here is a trailer for the book:
The book is available from www.blurb.com or www.blurb.co.uk – £25 in the UK, $35 in the US.
All you have to do is just leave either one of us a comment, telling us who – in your humble opinion – is best…
State your case in the comments section below and you’ll be entered!
Contest is open until April 6th. You can also enter a second time by visiting Jenny’s page, HERE. (so you get 2 chances to win).
The winner will be chosen by random lotto; but two lucky folks will win an e-copy if they make the funniest comment–judged by Jenny and me.
But if you can’t wait to see if you have won, skip over to Blurb and grab a copy of the book. The print version takes about 10 days to get delivered, but if you want it STAT, there’s an e-book version too… Just click on the Related Editions button bottom right as per pic below…
Here are the links again: www.blurb.com or www.blurb.co.uk.
Please send Jenny pictures of any Joan dishes you cook. She absolutely adores it when others cook Crawford-style!
Do get in touch via her contact page… and you can always reach me at yinzerella@gmail.com We both love love love hearing from our readers!
Good luck and good eating!
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Joan. When a director asked her to cry a tear from her eye, she asked "Which eye," prepared to do so from whichever eye he requested.
Hands down, Bette. But I'd starve before I let her cook a damn thing for me. I'd be too ascairt.
I love them both but Bette was a better actress, so I'm gonna answer 'Bette'.
I tried (and failed) to post earlier...I'm torn. I love, love, love Bette--not just as an actress but because she's so (snarky) funny. I remember her when I was little and she was old, on talk shows, and I just thought, "Wow! I want to hang out with her!" I wasn't really familiar with Joan--except as Mommie Dearest showed me. In the last few years I've read more about her and seen some of her movies--AND read the amazing "My Way Of Life", which along with being (maybe not on purpose) completely funny, is actually informative!
As I grow older, I admire Joan's dedication to perfection. She came from less than nothing, and it seems like she never complained and spent all of her time trying to do the best she could at everything. While she lacks (but acknowledged) a sense of humor about herself, something I think we should all have, I still love that she had the attitude that she would show up, be prepared, and treat every appearance seriously--even if it's Trog.
If anyone hasn't, you must see her appearance on the 2nd version of I Love Lucy--I think it's "The Lucy Show".
And lastly, while All About Eve is one of my top 3 favorite movies, Joan slept with Clark Gable. So there's that.
Trog was her last movie.
I must see it.
Joan, always and forever.
I really do go back and forth between the two... but I'll have to go with with Joan.
yeah. bette wins.
fun fact: I watched mommy dearest when I was a bit too young and joan scares the hell out of me. borax and wire hangers are not allowed in my home because i'm afraid she'll somehow find out and come after me. I feel similarly about faye dunaway.
1000% this.
Bette! But it's really hard to choose.
Joan. She was an awesome actress. I love watching her movies!
Joan! She was a real star with all the trappings.