S3 • E23 Mar 30, 2011 30m
Anna and Kristina are figuratively going back to 1940's Hollywood to test the reissued cookbook "Spécialités de la Maison", which includes primarily French themed recipes from Hollywood celebrities from the 1940's. As such, the recipes are old fashioned and/or classics, gearing themselves to the palates of the era and of the wealthy. They are preparing six dishes in two hours: lobster à la Newburg (submitted by 'Helen Keller'), Neptune nonsense (submitted by Salvador Dalí), frankfurters with chili sauce (submitted by Valentina), chicken Burgundy (submitted by Katharine Hepburn), pineapple sherbet (submitted by Elizabeth Arden), and Cooper River punch (submitted by Mrs. Aikins Simons). Their guest taster should know all about old Hollywood. He is J.P. Amateau, executive chef/owner of the Musso & Frank Grill in Hollywood, the oldest restaurant in the city. Chef J.P.'s family were all in the movie business, with his father being a stunt man. Chef J.P. as well as Anna and Kristina aren't sure if the recipes, which are short on preparation instructions, will stand the test of time. In addition, they taste test different brands of prepared horseradish. And they test different styles of ice cube trays.
