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| Elizabeth Tayloer as Cleopatra in 1963, related recipes below |
Elizabeth Taylor is another notable who died in March of 2011. Taylor was born in 1932 a suburb of London in the UK during the Great Depression as the daughter of two U. S. expatriates from Kansas. Her parents relocated back in the United States shortly before the start of World War II eventually settling in Los Angeles. A particular beautiful child, several family friends urged her parents to have their daughter tryout of a Hollywood role. Childhood star in the picture industry, Taylor went on to become an “A” actress who could demand lucrative contracts. In 1960 she became the highest paid actress of her era when she signed a contract with 20th Century Fox to star in the movie Cleopatra. I remember as a child hearing my mother resenting racist casting practices in Hollywood and how symbolic it was that 20th Century Fox had white actors playing North African characters in movies like the Ten Commandments and Cleopatra. Now here is the food angle to this post. Elizabeth Taylor demonstrated her foodie credentials during the filming of Cleopatra in Rome when she had buckets of Chasen’s chili ordered as takeout from the Los Angeles based restaurant and flown to Italy. Now that’s star power! Below is a recipe to Ms. Taylor favorite chili, a vegan chili recipe, and some related links about her additional food qualifications.
Chasen’s Chili recipe: http://www.mnn.com/food/recipes/blogs/a-chili-recipe-to-honor-elizabeth-taylor
Vegetarian chili recipes: http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/cat/1275/
Chicago Tribune article: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-03-23/entertainment/chi-elizabeth-taylors-food-favorites-20110323_1_elizabeth-taylor-diet-book-debbie-reynolds
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Love her! :)
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