In a culture that fetishsizes celebrity, are all meatballs the same? Anyone who knows me well, knows that I have dreams about celebrities with great regularity, but my unconscious predilections got out of hand…
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Lucille’s Ball’s Chicken Sauté in Eating With the Stars
It’s high time Stargayzing welcomed the great Lucille Ball to Eating With The Stars. In addition to her many other accomplishments, one suspects that Lucy was one actress who actually knew where the kitchen…
Eating With the Stars Welcome’s Elizabeth Taylor’s Chicken Steamed in Wine!
If I had to pick one subject in which to entrust the quixotic Elizabeth Taylor’s judgement, it would definitely be jewelry. But if I had to chose a second, it would be food, which…
Eating With The Stars: Phyllis Diller’s Corn-Mushroom Saute
If your house is really a mess and a stranger comes to the door, greet him with, “who could have done this? We have no enemies!” The world lost the great Phyllis Diller…
This Christmas, Bette Davis’ Mustard Gelatin Ring is Just the Thing: The Recipe in Eating With the Stars
“While it may be hard for contemporary palettes to even parse the concept of a “Mustard Gelatin Ring,” it strikes me as exponentially more interesting in terms of both gastronomy and semiotics when combined with “Bette Davis.” Just try saying ‘Bette Davis’ Mustard Gelatin Ring’ without smiling.
Eating With The Stars: Miss Patti LaBelle’s Best-Ever Barbecue Chicken With Bodacious Barbecue Sauce
I love Patti LaBelle for many reasons. In addition to her legendary musical gifts, she is also a fantastic person. And as anyone will tell you, she can cook too! With summer here, I…
Eating With The Stars: Just In Time For Those “Summer Nights”: Olivia Newton-John’s Tamaramma Tuna Salad
Oh-livia! What is it about your lovely essence that makes me think of Spring and all things healthy and positive? The blooms of May have inspired me to share what strikes me as a…
A Tribute to LaToya Jackson’s Step Up, Plus Her Uber-Fattening Recipe For “Creamy Apple Dessert” in Eating With The Stars
“The fat is just burning off and the muscle tones are coming there, they’re not there yet, but they’re coming!” One of the very best things about the 1980s was that everybody who…
Eating With The Stars: Jack Jones’ Coquilles St. Jacques
I happened upon this creamy scallop recipe by two-time Grammy winner Jack Jones (best known as the singer of The Love Boat theme), the very same day I revised this piece I wrote last…
In the Attic with Connie Stevens and Tab Hunter; Plus: 2 Connie Stevens Recipes in Eating With The Stars
When I grew up and actually moved across country to begin my career in show business, it seemed at once inevitable and unbelievable that I found myself in some of the strange Hollywood places…
On Carol Channing, Corn, and Other (Urban) Legends: Including Her Recipe For German Pot Roast in Eating With the Stars
Oh Carol! Neil Sedaka may have been singing about Carole King in his top ten hit from 1959, but he might has well been singing about everybody’s favorite eternal chorine, Carol Channing. Betty White…
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