Research by Steven L. Brawley

JFK's Waffles (from Senate days)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 scant cup milk or buttermilk
• 1 heaping cup sifted flour
• 2 stiffly beaten egg whites
• 4 tsps baking powder

Preparation:

• Cream sugar and butter, add egg yolks. Beat.
• Add flour and milk alternately. When ready to bake, fold in egg whites, and add baking powder.
• Mixture should be thick and fluffy. Bake in waffle iron and serve with maple syrup and melted butter.

Cinnamon Toast

Ingredients:

• Fresh (homemade) white bread
• Ground cinnamon
• Light or dark brown sugar
• Butter

Preparation:

• Cut slices of bread in half, making two rectangles.
• Toast one side in the oven broiler. Remove.
• Spread the other side with softened butter and sprinkle thick with sugar mixed with the cinnamon (1 tsp. cinnamon to 1/2 of sugar.
• Set topping side up in the broiler until topping begins to bubble. Serve at once.

Eggs Benedict (Rene Verdon)

Ingredients:

• Water
• 1/2 tsp salt
• Pepper to taste
• 1/2 tbsp of vinegar
• 1 to 2 eggs per person

Preparation:

• Heat water to simmering in a shallow pan; add salt, pepper and vinegar.
• Carefully break egg in a cup and gently slip it into the water.
• Cook eggs below boiling point for about 5 minutes or until white is firm and a film has formed over the yolk.
• Remove egg with a skimmer and serve.