Hollywood Du Jour: Lost Recipes of Legendary Hollywood Haunts [Hardcover]

Betty Goodwin (Author), Jean Penn (Editor)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Angel City Press (July 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 188331822X
• ISBN-13: 978-1883318222
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #285,218 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Foodie was right!, November 11, 2003

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This review is from: Hollywood Du Jour: Lost Recipes of Legendary Hollywood Haunts (Hardcover)

I read Jonathan Reynolds' article in the NYTimes Magazine--an interview with a wacky-but-wonderful foodie whose current favorite cookbook is Hollywood du Jour, so I sent for it. It's great. I love the recipes, but the lore of these extinct Hollywood restaurants is great reading. I immediately sent one to my mother who had fond memories of the Brown Derby, Coconut Grove and Bullock's Wilshire, since she spent most of her young adult years in L.A. She always talked about grapefruit cake and Goodwin has the recipe--and the original Cobb Salad. If you collect cookbooks, take it from Alan Davidson, Foodie and gourmet historian and winner of the 2003 Praemium Erasmianum award for contributions to European culture, society and social sciences-"a very good book". I say 5 stars!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tick Tock's Sticky Orange Rolls, October 22, 2000

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"johnkingt" (Hollywood, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hollywood Du Jour: Lost Recipes of Legendary Hollywood Haunts (Hardcover)

Having grown up near most of the restaurants I thoroughly enjoyed reading the history contained in this book. The sticky orange buns from Tick Tock are now part of Sunday brunches at home.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting!, July 15, 2007

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I gave this book to my daughter's father-in-law since his dad was the matre d at Chasens for years. He thoroughly enjoyed reading the recipes and memories. He remembers a lot of the recipes and now can cook them himself!