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Joan Crawford’s Salad Number One

by on 01. Sep, 2010 in Joan Crawford, Sylvia of Hollywood

Welcome to Joan Crawford month.  I’ve set myself the probably impossible task of testing all of her recipes except the Meat Loaf this month.  Still saving up for the legendary Meat Loaf – ingredients cost about £60!  Am planning to make it on my birthday in December.  I may run a competition for the chance [...]

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Jean Harlow’s Hot Rolls

Jean Harlow’s Hot Rolls

by on 19. Jun, 2008 in Jean Harlow, Sylvia of Hollywood

“Jean Harlow is in the back room, where Sylvia is giving her a spanking she’ll remember – to judge by the howls.” So begins Sylvia of Hollywood’s 1931 expose “Hollywood Undressed”, I knew I was in for a big treat as soon as I opened the cover and saw the original owner’s stamp. “The Circulating [...]

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Carol Channing’s Sauerbraten

Carol Channing’s Sauerbraten

by on 13. Jun, 2008 in Carol Channing, Sylvia of Hollywood

RASPBERRIES! I knew we had a Carol Channing recipe somewhere and we intend to make this for our dinner on Sunday night. It involves a big lump of meat and some gingersnaps. Can’t wait. Happy to report that the Sylvia of Hollywood diet is going well. Despite the fact that Wholefoods only had GARLIC melba [...]

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Sylvia of Hollywood’s Diet

Sylvia of Hollywood’s Diet

by on 12. Jun, 2008 in Sylvia of Hollywood

I am in Austin and it is the evening before I attempt a diet I found in a 1932 edition of Photoplay. The proponent of this diet is “Sylvia” – she doesn’t give her surname but we are told, “She made motion picture stars beautiful and kept them trim. She can do the same for [...]

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