To coincide with the 2017 series, Feud: Bette & Joan, I made some Feud-inspired dishes—some pretty standard (see Bette’s Red Flannel Hash) and some outright insane (see Joan’s French Banana Salad). But all are fabulous because they are recipes directly from some of the biggest stars in the movie studio era! JOAN CRAWFORD’S DANTI-CHIPS NOVEMBERContinue reading Feud: Bette & Joan
May is National Salad Month! To celebrate, I perused the archives and am sharing with you one of my all-time favorite dishes, Watergate Salad. A version of this post first appeared on the DiS1972 blog in June of 2013. You might know this dish by other names: ambrosia, Pistachio Delight, green stuff–but I prefer WatergateContinue reading National Salad Month: Ruth Barnaby’s Watergate Salad
Tonight is the finale of the FX mini-series Fosse/Verdon and I wanted to mark the occasion–as I tend to do with television shows (see: X-Files and Twin Peaks). I’d love the show just for the dance numbers, but GIVE JEN LINDLEY ALL OF THE AWARDS RIGHT NOW! I really should have cooked for the entireContinue reading Gwen Verdon & Bob Fosse’s Mexican Breakfast
Finally (and sadly) we come to the end of Feud the television mini series and my series of Feud-themed food posts. I’ve saved the best for last, because this was indeed the best of the bunch. This is Joan Crawford’s Pork Chops with Red Onions and Apple Rings, which appeared in the November 1, 1965Continue reading Joan Crawford’s Pork Chops with Red Onions and Apple Rings
Feud Foods™ continues today with Bette Davis’ Spinach-Stuffed Filets! I found this recipe in Johna Blinn’s newspaper column, Celebrity Cookbook (Click on the image to zoom in for the recipe). Things I learned about Bette Davis in this article: She owns many cookbooks and detests wasting food. “I’m not a penurious woman, but toContinue reading Bette Davis’ Spinach-Stuffed Filets
So, in episode 4 of FEUD: Bette & Joan, Pauline sits down for a Pepsi-centric lunch with Mamacita at a Howard Johnson’s. OK, maybe it wasn’t a Howard Johnson’s. They didn’t serve Pepsi; they had HoJo Cola. But that is neither here nor there. What does matter is the bit of conversation that goes on betweenContinue reading Jack Warner’s Broiled Salmon–Vegetable Medley
Hi, kittens! Welcome to DiS1972! Since it’s Sunday, and tonight I’ll be watching FEUD: Bette & Joan on FX, I’m serving up another one of Joan Crawford’s recipes. This one comes from an article in the November 1, 1965 issue of Vogue. The article features a number of recipes, but since I already had spinachContinue reading Joan Crawford’s Spinach Salad
Yesterday William Shatner turned 86. Dammit I missed it. And I was even assigned a dish of his to make by Jenny over at Silver Screen Suppers for a top-secret project she has going on. And I’ve made it (FYI, it was yummy) I just don’t have the photos on hand. Or the time toContinue reading Happy Birthday, William Shatner!
Hello, kittens! Here’s a quickie right before tonight’s episode of FEUD: Bette & Joan. This time I took a page out of Bette Davis’ cookbook–not that there is one, like Joan’s. (Remember! You can win a copy of Cooking With Joan Crawford, complied by Jenny Hammerton by entering the sweepstakes HERE). But here’s Bette’s RedContinue reading Bette Davis’ Red Flannel Hash
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,Continue reading Joan Crawford Cookbook Giveaway!!!
Last week everyone went completely bonkers for both the premiere of Feud: Bette & Joan and for Joan Crawford’s Danti-Chips, so I decided to make a dish for episode 2! Here is one of Joan’s favorite recipes, originally published in a 1928 article titled “Soup, Salad and Dessert: They Make or Mar the Meal” from an issueContinue reading Joan Crawford’s French Banana Salad (1928)
You might know this dish by other names: ambrosia, Pistachio Delight, green stuff–but I prefer Watergate Salad because, well, hello, all that Watergate shit went down in 1972! Watergate Salad is definitely a party dish, and, lucky for me, I was invited to one of the biggest events of the season–Retrofurn Ronny’s 50th Birthday Party!Continue reading Watergate Salad
