You’re getting hungry … Amazing Kreskin shares his faves

For 50 years, The Amazing Kreskin has amazed millions of people with his remarkable feats of mental magic and uncanny predictions of future events. Growing up in New Jersey, his unusual ability to find hidden objects made him stand out among friends and family. As a teenager, he was recognized as “The World’s Youngest Hypnotist,” placing him in the middle of clinical studies of both parapsychology and the power of suggestion. By the time he entered college, Kreskin was already an accomplished performer touring campuses nationwide.

The Amazing Kreskin has been on every TV talk, entertainment and news show imaginable and is forever on the road, performing for his fans all over the world. He still reads an average of four books a night, and devotes a significant portion of his time to charities and causes he has supported for decades. To learn more: www.kreskin.com

“ You were born in New Jersey of Polish and Italian ancestry. Tell us about a food you always looked forward to as a child.

Spending much of my time after school with my Italian grandparents in New Jersey, I had as an integral part of my diet all the forms and shapes of spaghetti that you could imagine. And to this day my favorite meal is spaghetti with meat sauce. And my second favorite meal remains spaghetti with meat sauce!

“Complete this sentence: Of all fresh fruits, the taste of … is the most amazing.

The taste of red cherries is most amazing. Outside of my grandparents’ home was a gigantic cherry tree. We’d fill 15 to 20 buckets with beautiful red cherries that had one large pit inside. To this day, when I think about them or see a display of cherries somewhere, my mouth waters.

“If you could mentally erase the calories from this food, you’d eat it all day long:

I would eat the Lime Meringue pie made by my dear friend Flo Porter from Fort Worth, Texas. It beats any pie on the face of the earth.

Barbequed Kreskin (aka “Burnt Toothpicks”)

4 slices bacon

2 club steaks, 1/4 -inch thick

5 tablespoons butter

1 onion, chopped

1 green pepper, chopped

Basil and parsley, several sprigs chopped together

Salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce to taste

Heat indoor or outdoor grill. Wrap 2 slices of bacon around sides of each steak and fasten with toothpicks. Melt butter in pan over grill. Add onion, pepper, herbs, salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce. Sauté until onions are translucent.

While mixture is cooking, grill steaks for 8 minutes on one side, and 5 minutes on the other. Pour mixture over finished steaks and serve immediately. (Kreskin serves this with baked potatoes and corn on the cob.)