The Irene Dunne Site
Here are two excetionally nice photographs of Irene Dunne, talented RKO star. Do you remember her in "Cimarron"?
IN her selection of a week's menus, Miss Irene Dunne stressed the point that her breakfasts are small, consisting usually of a fruit, toast or muffin, and a beverage,
preferably coffee. A twelve o'clock luncheon, consisting of a light meat dish or salad and vegetables and fruit, is her second meal, while her dinner at night , though not an extremely hearty
repast, is amply varied.
Plenty of vegetables are offered in these menues for seven days, with few potatoew and eggs.
Lemon ice for dessert balance the rich Sunday dinner included in Miss Dunne's weekly diet:
Breakfast: Small glass of orange juice, butter toast and coffee.
Lunch: Thinly-sliced cold roast veal, sliced tomatoes with French dressing, rolls, hot chocolate, rhubarb méringue.
Dinner: Fruit cocktail, braised sweetbreads, curled celery, peas in croutons of bread, sweet potatoe croquettes, lemon ice, coffee.
Her Monday menu is more simple but still includes many items that seldom appear in a movie actress's menus:
Breakfast: Half grapefruit, bran muffins, coffee, broiled bacon
Lunch: Tomatoes stuffed with succotash, tiny baking powder biscuits, hot apple sauce, chocolate.
Dinner: Lamb croquettes, buttered carrots, Parker House rolls, white clover honey, raisin tarts, coffee.
Breakfast on Tuesday is similar to the rest of Miss Dunne's breakfasts, and luncheon includes her usual midday beverage - chocolate:
Breakfast: Half grapefruit, popovers, coffee.
Lunch: Salmon loaf with tartare sauce, sliced tomatoes, chocolate.
Dinner: Chicken en casserole, celery hearts, combination salad, apricot whip with wafers.
No dessert is included on Wednesday's dinner menu, chiefly because of the caramelized apples included with the meat course. Maybe you've noticed that Miss Dunne is fond of apples.
Breakfast: Half canteloupe, popovers, coffee.
Lunch: Molded spinach and egg salad, pickled beets, fruit cookies, chocolate.
Dinner: Boiled pork tenderloin, caramelized apples, onions au gratin, head lettuce, iced tea and wafers.
On Thursday Miss Dunne allows herself to have potatoes again:
Breakfast: Sliced oranges, scotch scones with currant jelly, coffee.
Lunch: Stuffed peppers on toast, hot tea biscuits with maple syrup, iced tea.
Dinner: Baked ham with whipped cream horseradish sauce, scalloped potatoes, watercrees salad, hot tea, sherbet.
Friday's menu is light but satisfying:
Breakfast: Orange juice, graham muffins, coffee.
Lunch: Chicken salad, salty wafers, green pease, iced tea.
Dinner: Boiled lamp chops with mint jelly, potatoes au gratin, buttered spinach.
And for dinner on Saturday night Miss Dunne chooses a more elaborate menu although her lunch is very light:
Breakfast: One slice of ham, graham muffin with grape jelly, coffee.
Lunch: Fruit salad, buttered toast, hot chocolate.
Dinner: Rolled roast with parsley dressing, sweet pickles, rolls, mushroom caps, Lyonnaise potatoes, vegetable salad, fruis sherbet, coffee.
Certainly not a starvation menu.
Miss Dunne's weekly program will keep you in good health and good humour.
(New Movie Magazine, April 1932)