Category: Cooking

December 24, 2012 /

Top dog and I are venturing out for a spell. At Midnight on Christmas Eve look for Santa and his reindeer flying above Wilshire Blvd. In the morning I’ll be cooking for twenty-one. Oh my! I wish you all a joyous-warm-wonderful holiday, Vickie

December 12, 2012 /

You can cross reference with the handy map in the previous post! This is the dessert case:        

December 12, 2012 /

I love the informal map of Hollywood on the cover of the Brown Derby menu. . If you click on the menu it’s easier to see.

December 12, 2012 /

I never did, different generation (quite a few generations), but here a few stars at the Brown Derby – oh, and the pattern on the china is “Blue Willow”: George and Gracie, Jane and Ronnie. This is another industry couple dining at the Derby, she’s an actress, and he’s a…

December 11, 2012 /

Okay, now we’re talking about an era I actually lived in… Can you say garish? What’s with this eye-popping shade of red? .

December 11, 2012 /

This is a menu better left alone – unless you’re a mid-century reenactor – but I like the graphics, so there you go! If you’re curious about the recipes you can click on the photo and enlarge to see the quivering majesty of a Jellied Waldorf Salad on Ruby Cranberry…

November 22, 2012 /

Service men during WWII enjoying a Thanksgiving meal at the Hollywood Canteen (thanks largely to the efforts of Bette Davis and John Garfield – somewhere in heaven y’all should take a bow) –

November 17, 2012 /

These publicity stills are supposed to portray stars whose lives were anything but typical – as American as apple pie. Ann Sheridan: These are 18 to 24 pound birds and, no doubt, these gals did not do the cooking. Joan Crawford:

November 14, 2012 /

Art Deco dining: – – From whence your dinner came – an estate kitchen: