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Recipes from The Oklahoma Celebrity Cookbook: Candice Earley’s Stew

8:52 AM EDT on May 14, 2024

Last month, I attempted the full-out war of Chuck Norris’s White Enchiladas from the 1991 Oklahoma Celebrity Cookbook and, you know, it turned out pretty good. Ka-blam!

But for this month, I wanted to try a less flashy recipe in both name and ingredients. The book offered had a few well-meaning sportsmen, comedians, and school superintendents, but in the end, I found a soap opera actress who made a mean beef stew.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present actress Candice Earley:

I didn’t know much about Earley, but according to the cookbook, she had a long career on All My Children in the 1970s and 1980s, playing the role of the runaway teenage prostitute Donna. She also apparently guest-hosted a couple of episodes of The Oprah Winfrey Show and emceed the Mr. Male America Pageant, something I'd like to compete in someday.