Warren G. Harding - waffles , Houdini - the mushroom dish, Charlie Chaplin - steak and kidney pie, Douglas Fairbanks - bread tart, Eddie Cantor - boiled beef and horseradish sauce, F. Ziegfeld, Jr. - little chicken tarts, Dean Cornwell - spaghetti- my-style, Luther Burbank - turkey a la Burbank, Macklyn Arbuckle - southern gumbo a la "country chairman", Will Deming - lemon pie and John Philip Sousa - pelotas a la Portuguese spaghetti, to name a few - in the kitchen.
The immortals who have contributed recipes to this volume were born with a silver spoon not in their mouths, but in their hands. The cap and apron, not the cap and bells, is the garb in which they perform. Secrets handed down through generations are thrown with a wonton hand on the pages that comprise this volume. Sauces from the south, chowders from New England, barbecued masterpieces from the West, grilled classics from field and stream, ragouts, stews, desserts, dressings are hung withing reach of all, like garlic clusters from the rafters of opportunity. Reach up and help yourself.
