It’s Celebrity Cookbook Week on Now I’ve Heard Everything.
And we start with not only one of my favorite sitcom stars, but also one of my favorite cookbooks.
Dawn Wells portrayed Kansas farm girl Mary Ann Summers on Gilligan’s Island. Turns out, she was pretty handy with coconuts, bananas, and whatever else the castaways were able to find — plus a few food items probably not normally found on a desert island, but, that was Gilligan’s Island. It was a fantasy.
I met Dawn Wells in 1993, when she was promoting her cookbook, called “Mary Ann’s Gilligan’s Island Cookbook.” It included the recipes from her mother, and her grandmother, as well as island cuisine.
So, here now, from 1993, Dawn Wells.
Dawn Wells is 82 now and remains a fan favorite.