In 1979, a recipe contributed by the actor john Wayne (Duke) himself was published in a cookbook entitled "Cooking with Love from Cara and Her Friends". The organizer of this cookbook, Cara Connery, was a teenager from Beverly Hills, California, and sold the book as a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. She wrote letters to 1,400 famous people, asking them to help! Alan Alda, Robert Redford, Golda Meir, and two US Presidents were also featured in Cara's cookbook. The original recipe that Mr. Wayne sent in was a bit different than this one, and was a vegetarian dish made with eggs, vegetables, and cheese. It's been updated and changed over the years to become the recipe you see right here.