In the Kitchen with Elinor Donahue: Favorite Memories and Recipes from a Life in Hollywood

by Elinor Donahue, Ken Beck, Jim Clark

Provides more than 185 recipes along with personal anecdotes about the author show business career and the life she enjoys beyond the Hollywood spotlight.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 188895292X
• ISBN13: 9781888952926
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Elinor's engaging collection of recipes and memories.

Elinor re-affirms her fans thoughts that she is indeed a warm and fascinating person. Her collection of favorite foods and rememberances are entertaining as well as an insight into her life and dreams. I highly recommend this to anyone who loves TV history, great food, and, of course, Elinor Donahue.

Elinor's engaging collection of recipes and memories.

Elinor re-affirms her fans thoughts that she is indeed a warm and facinating person. Her collection of favorite foods and rememberances are entertaining as well as an insight into her life and dreams. I highly recommend this to anyone who loves TV history, great food, and, of course, Elinor Donahue.

WONDERFUL! Warmly written and filled with great recipes.

I _LOVE_ this book. I found it to be very unique, and different from most celebrity cookbooks ... It is very warmly written, a veritable treasure trove of fascinating little insights into Hollywood's biggest names (and their favorite recipes), and shows Elinor Donahue to be an exceptionally kind, lovely person. She also includes a large number of her own favorite recipes, which look delectable -- and which I can't wait to try. (My copy is studded with bookmarks, since there are so many dishes I'm eager to make.) I love it both as reading material, and as an outstanding cookbook. I'll be buying additional copies to give as gifts.

What a book!!

I am a fan of Elinor's from the Father Knows Best days and am always thrilled to see her on TV or in movies. Reading this book I found out how little I knew about Elinor and her career. It was fascinating reading, I had no idea she had worked with so many great actors and had started in the business at such a young age. Haven't tried the receipes yet but they look really good too!

Good Autobiography / Good Cookbook

I must preface this review by stating that I am one of Elinor's sonsj, so this review is somewhat biased. I read the book last night and beleive it will be a great read for anyone interested in television. Elinor highlights her career and much of the book is focused on shows she's acted in (Father Knows Best, The Odd Couple, Dr. Quinn) as well as shows produced by her husband, my father - Harry Ackerman (Bewitched, Dennis the Menace, Gidget).I can attest to the tasty-ness of many of the recipies as I've eaten her creations for over thirty years!This was a labor of love for my Mom and it shows. I recommend this as a great gift for lovers of "Hollywood" and cooking!