Category: Cooking

October 24, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Gene Kelly’s recipe for — the world’s greatest man sandwich

Honestly, I couldn’t make this up if I tried:

October 2, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland dine with chopsticks

October 2, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Alfred Hitchcock cleans his plate

August 21, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Hollywood Kitchens

Kitchens – this one is from a Pasadena estate and was designed by Wallace Neff: A cheerful California kitchen from 1938: And here’s one you might recognize from “My Man Godfrey”:

August 5, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Lloyd Wright Designed A Grocery Store – 1928 – It Could Have Been One Of My Holy Places

I hope nobody takes offense – but a good market qualifies as one of my holy places. Now, I’m not talking about the overwhelming stupor that besets people in the aisles at Whole Foods and causes them to block traffic with their cart as they cast their eyes toward heaven,…

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August 5, 2014 / Vickie Lester

My favorite – the Beachwood Market

Once upon a time, before John Lautner made it into a light filled modern atrium: –

June 13, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Lucky’s Luscious (Italian) Meatballs… In which Jackie Collins recounts making supper for Frank Sinatra… click on the letters…

* Lucky’s Luscious (Italian) Meatballs » Jackie Collins.

June 7, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Waiting Tables in Hollywood

1920 – out in the fresh air: 1934 – at The Talk of the Town: A carhop on roller skates, reminiscent of Vickie Lester, hat tip to SCENTS MEMORY | There is nothing like the smell of a man..

May 23, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Jacqueline Bisset cooks up something luscious, nut torte with sour cream frosting…

May 23, 2014 / Vickie Lester