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Show celebrity cookbook sjcttness irejDcmrtts (EaDaDikea'ys gyjpsy ly T NEARLY deserted New York bar on an unseasonably hot summer afternoon, a green-eye- d girl and with a Bloody Mary toyed lit a slender cigar. The girl, Ca- long-limbe- A d, nadian actress-mode- l, Joanna Shimkus, who loathes giving interviews, however, covered a slew of subjects from gypsy stews, the culinary arts (shes a g cook) to the womens Lib movement and the generation gap. Most startling were her candid reasons for wanting to develop some of her card-carryin- inner resources rather than wanting to climb on the star band wagon. Joannas only interest in the acquisition of wealth is so she can achieve a g ambition to own a farm, raise a family and adopt children of all colors and creeds. life-lon- an organic Admittedly me knocked .she over person incredible beauty. Her by her face entirely devoid of makeup, was framed by long chestnut hair, calicoed by long exposure to a tropical sun. sun-bronz- ed JOANNAS ALWAYS been in- terested in gypsies. They the have been original might hippies because thats what the hippies are today: They wander and dont stay in one place very long. You find them in America and Paris. They forage and live off the land. Its very organic the way they live. Her interest in these ancient nomads was piqued when she made the The Virgin and the movie in E n g 1 a nd last Gypsy summer. I thought gypsies might eat Magazine something very special, but I found they eat very much like we do. She became friends with the woman who portrays the gypsy grandmother in the flick who is a gypsy in real life. She lives in a real house more like a trailer camp because they dont Home Tribune Lake Salt The move anymore when except they get tired of a But she was fascinating place. and told my fortune all the time. I dont know if its for real, but she always said I would always have a man in my life, she said shyly. There was one scene where they served a gypsy stew made from lamb and carrots, but it was more of an English stew, Joanna said. She was fascinated though by the fact that the most highly prized dish of real English gypsies is hedgehog fattened first on milk and apples before g or potting in a large really clay-bakin- cauldron. .... (The hedgehog is related to the American porcu- - pme.) - - rmt BnCe aDunirs mmnnBlln Ln mnnr JOANNA Jolina BHnn HAS a" tremendous love for little children. If I could afford it, Id like to have a farm some day and raise a lot of children. I dont knowwhy I love children so much. Maybe I got the idea from my maternal grandmother. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She always had eleven or twelve children around. I dont know if they were all her own or if she really adopted them, but she always had a lot of children who didnt have homes living with her. Joanna wras born in Nova Scotia and for three years lived with her grandmother, whom she recalls was a great cook. There was always turkey on holidays of course, with the stuffing. She makes a chestnut dressing which is fantastic. Id Joanna Shimkus, Nova Scotian actress, eats with English Gypsies during the movie, The Virgin and the Gypsy. She became fascinated with When I got used to the food, I went back to regular food and everything was fine. Theres a shrimp Creole that I love I love anything that tastes good! BEFORE WED FINISHED our conversational stew, I was compelled to ask Joanna her views on the womens lib movement and the generation gap. I Well, dont want to be think there are a lot liberated. of good points, but I still think that were feminine and should stay that way! Theres always going to be a generation gap, its a natural process. Parents just forget that they felt that way once and ,their parents reacted that way, too. Its a thing of nature thats I groups free life. unexplainable. Theres a thing Mark Twain said once if I can remember: When I was a boy of 14, I couldnt stand my father he didnt know anything. But when I was 21, I was amazed how much he had learned in seven years. And thats the way it is! Joanna who was on her way (See page 16) just eat that because I didnt care about anything else that and cranberry sauce. GREW UP an only child and spent most of her childhood in Montreal. I always had a lot of love from my mother even though both my parents worked. My mother never wanted me to play with the stove while she was out. But I used to do it anyway making the gooiest cakes imaginable. Id look up recipes in the cookbook, but they often turned out heavy and horrible. JOANNA JOANNA THINKS its (D BOISE CASCADE impor- tant for a woman to know how to cook. I like to, but I dont cook things with sauces, just very simple things. And if I can, I buy my fruits and vegetables organically. She caught on to that during a recent trip to California. Everybody does out there, but it really tastes better. When I first arrived in France (she went to Paris to THE ... LEXINGTON bedrooms, 3 bath, tiled 1 model when she was 19) I weighed 110 pounds. I was skinnier then than I am now. In three months, with all the entry, isolated living room, French bread and French cooking. I gained 35 pounds. I was eating differently than I ever had before from the usual steaks and vegetables my mother always fixed. But when I got to France and had all those counters, good sized pantry and utility area off things like coq au vin (chicken in wine) and pepper steak with quoted. sauce . YOU . good traffic, separate abundant ing, kitchen. HAVE eaten like a hog? I teased her. I did! French bread is something else! They put a basket on the table and it was gone. 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