Cooking with the Stars

I know I am showing my age when I admit I look forward to my weekly delivery of my Closer Magazine. While I still get People, I have seldom asked who someone was or what show they are on with Closer.

To my delight, this week’s edition highlighted recipes from four of Hollywood’s classic stars. How can you go wrong tempting me with meal ideas from Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, or Joan Crawford? Ok, Cary’s recipe may be suspect based on my readings of his life, but who cares, it was fun to include him too!

As I read the recipes, I did notice a couple of trends that I do not usually see in current recipes. Cary and Joan both used Worcestershire and A-1 steak sauce in their recipes. Katharine used cocoa in her brownies. Lucille, from yours truly, the Queen of the apple pie, I am not sure I can buy into the use of biscuit mix to top my apple crumble!

Regardless, I love the history of these recipes. It is through this type of history that I can truly learn the evolution of dishes throughout the generations. Most interesting!