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Issue #34 October 2024

Famous In Hollywood Magazine Cover- October2024

Welcome!

Every month, you'll read stories that I've written from my interviews with Hollywood celebrities of the past and present. Each star has expressed to me in conversation, their thoughts and wisdom, that I've put together in a wonderful story to share with you, as I have always done throughout my entire career.

I hope you enjoy all these intriguing stories. 
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CASSANDRA PETERSON (ELVIRA)

Her diet & exercise secrets

By Jay Christian

 

Light-hearted Cassandra Peterson, took time out to talk to me about her fitness routine, years ago. Known for her curvaceous lean figure in her black, slinky dress, as she played her macabre comical character, 'Elvira,' Cassandra made some diet changes and today feels absolutely great!

A smart business woman right from the start of her career, she took a pay cut for years to obtain the rights to the Elvira name and products.

 

Her story-

Elvira, everyone’s favorite Mistress of the Dark, says it’s diet and exercise that keep her slim enough to fit into the slinky black gown, that has become her trademark, as the horror hostess of TV’s syndicated “Movie Macabre.”

 

Sultry Cassandra Peterson, the actress who plays Elvira, likes to think of her character as “a cross between Vincent Price and Mae West.” But in real life, she confesses that she had a weight problem in her younger years.

 

“I was a real chubette,” confides 5 ft. 7 in. Cassandra, who now weighs only 117 lbs. Her waist size, 21 in. normally, is squeezed down to 19 in. by the corset underneath her black costume.         

 

“I was always on the borderline of being too fat,” she recalls. “I was a professional dancer and I was always being threatened with losing weight or losing my job.”         

 

She was also suffering from severe stomach problems, which doctors blamed on an ulcer. “They told me to drink lots of milk, but it was making me sicker,” she explained.         

 

Finally, Cassandra went to a nutritionist, who found out that she was allergic to milk. With that problem solved, Cassandra set up her own diet. It involves eating only two meals a day and excludes sugar and sweets entirely. 

 

“Today, I can eat everything, only no sugar and definitely no snacks,” she said.         

 

She keeps her figure curvaceous with a one-and-a-half-hour aerobics class, three times a week.         

 

“One of my secrets is that I go to class in the morning. That way, I’m not too tired in the late afternoon to talk myself out of it,” Cassandra reveals.         

 

“Aerobics helps me a lot. I can be in a terrible mood, but after aerobics, I feel like a new woman. It gives me energy for the entire day.”

 

Cassandra’s diet:

Cassandra eats her combination breakfast and lunch between 10:30 a.m. and noon. She also takes a multivitamin supplement.

Brunch: Two poached eggs, two slices of whole-wheat toast and an apple, banana or orange.

Dinner: A very large serving of broiled chicken or fish, with a large portion of steamed vegetables or homemade pasta with sauce and a salad of lettuce, tomatoes and celery, dressed with olive oil.

Liquids: One cup of coffee, two cups of herbal tea, two glasses of fresh orange juice and three glasses of bottled drinking water.

 

Cassandra’s exercise program: Warm-up and stretching- 15 minutes. Running, jumping, arm exercises- 20 minutes. Floor exercises for legs, stomach, thighs and buttocks- 40 minutes. Cool down and stretching- 15 minutes. *         



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Transylvanian Ghoulash

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ELVIRA'S TRANSYLVANIAN GHOULASH

 

Ingredients:

 

2 pounds grass-fed round steak or flank steak

¼ cup unsaturated oil

1 medium chopped onion

3 cloves garlic, minced

¼ cup flour

3 teaspoons paprika

½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon ground peppercorns

¼ teaspoon crushed thyme

2 bay leaves

28 ounce can stewed tomatoes

1 cup sour cream

1 package noodles

2 carrots, sliced

½ cup chopped mushrooms

 

{ After a hard day of burning down castles, digging up corpses and stealing brains from the university.... it's ghoul-ash time. Almost any kind of meat- or anyone you meet- can be hacked, whacked, chopped or impaled to make this hearty meal. The essential ingredient is garlic. Lots of garlic! Enough to make everyone in the Borgo Pass know you're on the way before-hand. Or before foot, depending on how you travel. Simply remove the garlic from around your windows at dawn. Then fire up the old cookstove with peat, turn on the Air Wick®.....and simmer until your guests break in. Enough to feed six hungry peasants, with something left over to throw to the wolves.}

 

Directions:

 

Cut beef into ½ inch cubes. Heat oil in large heavy skillet, dredge beef in flour and brown meat. Reduce heat, add onion, garlic, carrots and mushrooms. Cook until onion is transparent (not brown).

 

Blend in remainder of flour and spices. Add tomatoes, cover and simmer for 60 to 90 minutes or until meat is tender. Stir occasionally, being careful to prevent sticking. As mixture thickens, blend in sour cream.

 

Approximately 20 minutes before meat is finished, begin cooking noodles according to package directions. Pour ghoulash over hot noodles and serve.

Cassandra Peterson

CASSANDRA PETERSON'S PASTA E FAZUL CON VERDURE 

(PASTA & BEANS WITH GREENS)

 

Ingredients:

 

1 cup cooked dried Fagioli Bianchi (butter beans) or cannellini beans

(Canned beans may be substituted)

1 heart of celery, finely chopped

¼ cup olive oil

2 scallions, finely chopped

½ dried red chili pepper

3 tablespoons marinara sauce

½ cup dry sherry

1 large handful greens (arugula, mustard, collard, Swiss chard or a combination) roughly chopped

2 cups lumache (pasta shells)

2 tablespoons salt

Parmesan cheese

 

Directions:

 

Soak the beans overnight. Rinse and boil in a saucepan with one tablespoon of olive oil and water to cover by one inch. Cook 30 to 45 minutes or until tender.

 

In a large saucepan, bring approximately 6 cups of water to a boil. Add the salt and the chopped greens and boil 3 to 10 minutes (depending on the greens used- tougher greens, like collards, take more time) or just until tender. Remove from the boiling water using a slotted spoon. Reserve the water for the pasta.

 

In a large skillet, heat the remaining oil. Add scallions, celery and chili pepper. Sauté approximately 3 minutes being careful not to let the scallions burn. Add the chopped greens and continue to sauté a minute or two more. Stir in the sherry, cover and let simmer for another 5 minutes, then add the marinara sauce (2 tablespoons tomato paste and 3 tablespoons water may be substituted). Mix well and bring to a boil. Add the cooked beans to the ingredients in the skillet, mix well and let simmer together for a few minutes. Turn off the flame and let stand.

 

Cook the pasta until 'al dente' in the water used for boiling the greens. Drain and add to the beans and greens. Stir well and let simmer together for three minutes. Turn off the flame and let stand for a few minutes. Add salt, pepper and pass the parmesan cheese. 

 


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