Newman's Own Cookbook

by Paul Newman, A.E. Hotchner

The illustrious actor with his own line of food products now shares his favorite recipes, such as Towering Inferno Creole Posole, collected from his own kitchen, as well as those from family members and acting luminaries including Whoopi Goldberg. 150,000 first printing.

Genres: Cookbooks, Food, Nonfiction, Cooking, Reference

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy award, and many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing and his race teams won several championships in open wheel IndyCar racing.

Newman was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donated all profits and royalties to charity. As of May 2007, these donations had exceeded US$220 million.

On September 26, 2008, Newman died at his long-time home in Westport, Connecticut, of complications arising from cancer.

Reviews

[Wendy]

This book has been nestled amongst other cookbooks on my shelves for many years.
It was mostly forgotten but brought back to my attention because I’ve lately been reading some of A.E. Hotchner’s other works.

I enjoyed rereading it, but through different eyes this time.

I skimmed through some of it (I don’t eat red meat) and found some interesting recipes that did appeal to me.

Hotchner and Paul Newman had been great friends since the late 1950s when they met when Newman was in a play that Hotchner had written.

They became neighbors in Westport, Connecticut and in 1982 they founded Newman’s Own starting with the salad dressing and adding many more products over the years, with all profits going to charity.

The backstory of the business was interesting, and the anecdotes and stories were filled with a lot of humor which made for a very enjoyable read.

Together with their families they created many great memories while helping so many in need along the way.

[Glenda]

I dropped by the Friends of Igo Library’s book sale today and picked up this paperback (in very good condition) for a dollar. This is a charming book with quotes, anecdotes, and family-and-friends’ recipes. The book sale was well organized with rock-bottom prices on books in very good condition.

[Terri Fleming]

Truly underwhelming.

[Kelly]

There's a lot of good recipes in here, including recipes from other celebrities (Tom Cruise, Robert Redford, Whoopi Goldberg, Sarah Jessica Parker, etc.). I would have liked ANY pictures of food!!

[Kathie]

What a great cookbook! Especially with Paul Newman's personal comments and his story about how he started his successful food business. The recipes are so healthy and easy with no 'wierd' ingredients and they sound delicious. I'm going to the store right now to get a couple things to make Italian Scrod. Yum!

[Donna]

This was so much fun to read as an avid "untrained" chef and an avid reader. It was a blast!

[angrykitty]

no pics....but hey...it's a celebrity cookbook put out by paul newman. i mean, where else can you get robert redford's chili recipe?

[Rose]

641.5 New

[Nancy]

Who knew that one of my favorite matinee idols would become an expert on healthy eating. Check out his recipe for Grilled Cumin Chicken Salad.

[Dawn]

Ok cookbook

[Tim]

It's not great but you can't help but admire the work Newman put into his charity not only to produce his dressings but this book.
Anecdotes and lots of name dropping in the recipes, it's a gem !

[Sarah]

This review could go up or down depending on how the dishes come out...

[Sandy (WI girl at heart)]

love reading cookbooks!

[Gabriella]

I like Paul Newman's mission, I like his products, but I didn't really like this book. Most of the recipes in this book contain meat or seafood as a main ingredient, to the point that it can't really be excluded from the recipe. Although I did bookmark three recipes seemed suited to my taste, so I'll be trying those later.