Crabmeat Cocktail

This was Ciro’s number-one hors d’oeuvre, served in an iced glass pedestal dish.

Serves 6

24 oz. crabmeat, free of bones

2 stalks celery, diced

½ medium onion, diced

4 stalks green onion, chopped

2 tbsp. pickle relish

¼ cup mayonnaise

1 tsp. prepared mustard

3 drops hot pepper sauce

1. In a large bowl, combine crabmeat, celery, onion, green onion, relish, mayonnaise, mustard, and hot pepper sauce.

2. Place into a dish or arrange on a bed of lettuce for a first course.


The Ciro’s dining area, ...

The Ciro’s dining area, next to the dance floor.

Betty Grable, Lucille Ball, ...

Betty Grable, Lucille Ball, Darryl F. Zanuck, Marilyn Monroe, Jimmy McHugh, Walter Winchell, and Louella Parsons at a Ciro’s party for the film Let’s Make Love, 1960.

Frances Robinson and Anitole ...

Frances Robinson and Anitole Litvak dancing at Ciro’s.

Phyllis Winger and Rock ...

Phyllis Winger and Rock Hudson.