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Show celebrity cookbook Ba im hi u;v ' '? lk mmeanm by Johna lllinn COOK a good spaghetti sauce but my wife has improved on my recipe Now she doesnt let me do is the way it anymore, character actor Strother Martin assesses his own cooking talents. He spoke over lunch at the MGM 1 CAN bag of people in the entertainment arts (they often see Jason Robards and his wife, Lois) and Helen's circle of friends that includes people who, like herself, are active on conservation and nature study. Martin is a music buff, and finds that for him, music caps a great meal. But Ive found Beethoven can kill a party quicker than anything!" HELEN SAID, "My tetrazzini recipe came from friend of mine. Usually best recipes come youve enjoyed a dinner at a friends house. She likes to improvise recipes. The chicken Parmesan really is a snap. "Take boneless breasts of a your when and slush these melted butter. Then dip the breasts in a mixture of breadcrumbs breadcItalian (herbed rumbs are terrific!) and grated Parmesan cheese to form a crust on both sides. Bake those on a cookie sheet in a F. oven about 35 minutes. It's so easy. There is no mess to clean up afterwards. Helen also likes to use boneless steaks turkey (readily available on the West Coast, especially since the meat shortage.) "We even have ground turkey at the hamburger counter out here. I hardly use beef anymore. Now, meat is page 22) be-(S- Commissary in Hollywood. Strother Martins name is known than this face. He is famous for his "rotten to the core roles: lie was the human vulture who robbed the dead in The Wild Bunch; the bad of Cable guy in "Ballad who, with another Hogue, bad guy, got rattlesnakes thrown at him; and the less widely burro-ridin- tobacco-chewin- g windbag who hired Paul Newman and Robert Redford to guard the payroll in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Currently Strother is getting a reprieve from his usual "prairie scum roles. R. Hes portraying J. Hawkins, Jimmy Stewarts sidekick. (Hawkins" Oct. premieres on CBS-TV- , 2) THE PLEASANT gentleman with the smiling face its hard to imagine hes been cast so often as the meanie claims, "I could eat the same thing almost everday but my wife will not permit that. I love fried oysters, but theyre had to get. Helen makes a very good seafood tetrazzini using lobster, shrimp and whatnot. She used to get all' those Standard Gas recipes. Whenever we were in the car, shed say, "Lets stop here and get some gas. You dont need gas, but I need those recipes! The Martins live in the wilds of the Santa Monica Mountains, in the Malibu Lakeside area in rustic, legal fX; "IM NOT WELCOME in kitchen unless Im invited in to prepare something special. Pm rather fond of making ambrosia, which I prepare with bananas, pineapple, oranges and fresh coconut. Ive done it with Cointreau, but most of the time, I use almonds. Their if tie atot a earned the 1 $ : f 3 mmmmiii nmm mm Qfmmtm JL beautiful surroundings. "Helen also makes a chicken Parmesan dish that is really a neat thing, especially when you have 25 or 30 people. We dont have any servants, so we need easy recipes for when we have company. We serve dinner out on the patio. Often, she serves pilaf with the chicken, which is kind of like wild rice. TOP 00 Do-it-yours- elf SPECIAL airliBBi verlheeidi 2766 SOUTH MAIN PHONE 486-715- 9 rs f-c- V. Strother Martin's a good guy in fall TV series. |