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Show celebrity cookbook SEnaaainsBoii- - saaad saDsadl img by Jolina Blinii THE BARONESS Nina Van Pallandt pedals her bike to shop in the London markets, helps her young son destroy the Evidence" by burying chicken bones in a London park, cooks and creates lovely summery salads in Ibiza and sings up a storm. Nina may sound like a kook, and she is, in the happiest sense of the word. She is a sunny, happy Dane with a great, lusty appetite for life. "I hadnt cooked so much as a cup of tea until I came to the U.S I did my first cooking while I was a stu at the University of Southern California, she said laughingly, pouring us both morning coffee. "Actually, I only had to cook once a month and it was something simple and very Danish like fnkadellar (meat balls) or apple crumb cake." Nina, barefoot in dent flowing caftan, wheat-colore- Fredenk Van Pallandt, and the couple went to live with in Geneva her My mother-in-laknew a great deal about good food, but she only really started cooking after she left the embassy. I dont think anybody can learn to cook unless they like food, and I happen to loe food' You must start off with great ingredients, of course. The vegetables are incredible m Geneva because they are never frozen. When you start with good ingredients, cooking becomes easy I've experimented, and I use a m-la- d hair won long and loose, talked in the New York hotel where she was staying while she headlined at the St. Regis Hotels Maisonette. NINA STARTED serious cooking when she married of cookbooks French, Spanish, Indian because I like food from all o' er the world. Her cooking repertoire reflects her travels from hot Indian curries from Bombay, to highly aromatic ratatouille made for her vegetarian friends, to cookies the spicy, paper-thi- n she and the kids bake on Sundays Nina lives in London with her three children, Nicholas, Kirsa and Ana Maria I hop on my bike to do all my errands, including the shopping Nicholas is in (See page 23) lot Pears Van Pallandt (6 servings) California Bartlett pears lemon juice 3 cups water Vz cup sugar 2 6 2 1 vanilla bean. 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Good ingredient. 96 Downtown license 75 Large vessel 76 Marsh birds 78 Defects. Sp. 79 80 82 83 Nina Van Pallandt' by HENRY STRAKA 41 1 Old-tim- 20-3- 0 pound cake, cinnamon stick 1 AND PEEL peais, biush with lemon Simmer water, cup sugar, vanilla, cinnamon juice. and anise seed together 15 minutes. (If using anisette liquor, add later with brandy ) Add honey and 2 tablespoons lemon juice; stand pears upright in pan. minutes or until just tender, Cover, simmer depending on ripeness of pears. Add brandy and anisette if used. Cool pears m liquid. Remove pears, dry welL Coat with crumbs. Stand on cake rounds in baking sheet. Whip egg whites until foamy. Gradually add 1 cup sugar; whip until stiff peaks form. Spread meringue (or pipe with pastry bag with star tube) or pears and cake. Bake in preheated oven until lightly browned, or use broiler, watching carefully to avoid burning. If desired, for stems, insert strip of candied peel or gum drop on top of each pear. 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