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
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Jack Warner’s Broiled Salmon–Vegetable Medley
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
Hedda Hopper Cocktail
Last week I suggested that perhaps for this episode I’d make a Joan-approved cocktail. Well, then… I give to you the Hedda Hopper Cocktail, a.k.a Malice in Hollywood No. 1 Ingredients: 1.5 oz Jim Beam Black Bourbon .5 oz Apricot brandy (Marie Brizard Apry) Directions: Add both ingredients to a shaker and fill with ice. Shake, and strainContinue reading Hedda Hopper Cocktail
Joan Crawford’s Spinach Salad
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
Bette Davis’ Red Flannel Hash
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
Joan Crawford Cookbook Giveaway!!!
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!!!
Joan Crawford’s French Banana Salad (1928)
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)