Oh what a beauty! Louise is definitely in my top three most beautiful screen icons. I just love her on screen, and love all her studio shots and publicity photos too. What a babe. I made her favourite recipe tonight for two lovely men that I have no doubt if she had met she would [...]
Anna Mae Wong’s Tea Cakes
I’ve got a day off work today and it is bliss. I’ve got a batch of tea cakes in the oven and I’m still not dressed at 11am. I’m sure that Anna Mae would have worn something a little more slinky than a muu muu in the kitchen but there is a certain pleasure in [...]
Marion Davies’ Meadow Cheesecake
Well Marion’s cheesecake was the biggest hit yet with my work colleagues. Marie pronounced it to be “Possibly the BEST CAKE IN THE WORLD!” and Edward G said, “great, really great, REALLY great” between mouthfulls. It was still warm from the oven as I had made it before work – oh yummy. Soooooo looking forward [...]
Marion Davies’ Cheesecake
It is taking me a long time to get used to the idea that I can live exactly as I please now I have my own place. Tonight I am experimenting with doing exactly what I want… I’ve been DJing with my Sisters all day at a crazy corporate event in Hertfordshire – there were [...]
Anna Mae Wong’s Chinese Almond Duck version 2
Edmund read Tuesday’s post and decided that he would like Anna Mae’s Duck for his dinner last night. He missed the party and wanted to peruse my new flat. As a man with a penchant for the 1930s I knew he’d like it. As nosey as I am, he particularly enjoyed perching on my bar [...]
Anna Mae Wong’s Chinese Almond Duck
Oh my goodness, it feels like being in an industrial kitchen this evening as I try and cook TWO main courses. AMWs duck – for the first time ever – plus my all time favourite non-silver-screen-suppers dish – Leon’s Sausage, Kale and Flageolets Casserole. It doesn’t sound like much does it? But my goodness it [...]
Vincent Price’s Hungarian Goulash
To say that my housewarming was a humdinger would, I think, be an understatement. What a wonderful and crazy night it was. I tried to make a list of everyone who rocked up, I got to 61 people and then realised I was still drunk so had to stop… It was crrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrazy and fabulous. I [...]
Josephine Baker’s Spaghetti Bolognaise
Apologies, apologies. I am very behind with sending out recipes to test cooks. I have been running around getting ready for my housewarming and hereby PROMISE to get back on track when I am surrounded by empty beer cans and overflowing ashtrays on Saturday. Or if it is a REAL humdinger, Sunday. I’m going to [...]
Charlie Chaplin’s Apple Roll
Today I am very excited to report that at last we have a Charlie Chaplin recipe to test. This is almost the Holy Grail for us (when Marilyn Monroe’s diaries are published in October we will have it!) and this is such a ridiculously exciting moment. Is this sad? That I’m beside myself with excitement [...]
Carole Lombard’s Cherry Tart
Well I learned several lessons making Ronald’s pie last night. First one was that a small mistake in a recipe can cause absolute chaos! This is why I am so grateful to all my test cook volunteers, because if I make a howler like there was in Ronald’s, hopefully someone will spot it before it [...]
