by Jenny | 24 Apr, 2023 | Lauren Bacall
What has happened to this year? Are we in some kind of accelerated time warp machine? Today I thought to myself, “I must check when the The Great Muppet Show Co-Star Caper is happening so I can write about Lauren Bacall’s spinach salad recipe” (as...
by Jenny | 19 Apr, 2023 | Stanley Tucci, Tuccitime
This was a bit of a “two-recipes-in-one” job as one of the ingredients in Stanley’s recipe is a marinara sauce. Luckily, the way Stanley makes his is all over the interwebs, so I made a batch to this recipe to incorporate into the aubergine mix....
by Jenny | 17 Apr, 2023 | Cooking The Detectives, David Suchet
It’s traditional to have roast lamb over Easter here in the UK, so David’s recipe was plucked from the “to test” pile for Good Friday. It’s a bit of a strange one, and I’m not sure it will make it into the Cooking the Detectives...
by Jenny | 16 Apr, 2023 | Dinner and a Movie
Hello chums – I’ve just opened the doors to the Silver Screen Suppers Club virtual reality cinema bar so join us for a chat about All About Eve – the chatroom is open 24/7 on the Substack app. It’s effectively our opening night and it’s...
by Jenny | 14 Apr, 2023 | Charlie Chaplin, Movie Star Cocktails
I am a big fan of Richard Godwin’s online cocktail emporium The Spirits. Recently I was delving around in there, reading about Apricot Brandy and I spotted this comment on the Charlie Chaplin cocktail. “The original recipe of this from the Old Waldorf...
by Jenny | 7 Apr, 2023 | Cooking The Detectives, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
For Christmas one of my gifts from Mr Rathbone was an offer to test cook three dishes for the forthcoming Cooking the Detectives book. The first one he went for was Robert Wagner’s Chili and on Friday night he rustled up the second. It was LUSH. The sauce is...
by Jenny | 5 Apr, 2023 | Arthur Brest
Apparently yesterday was International Carrot Day – have you got any around the place? Now is the time to cook ’em up! It’s been a while since there’s been a FAIL in the Silver Screen Suppers kitchen and this wasn’t a total write-off but...
by Jenny | 2 Apr, 2023 | Bette Davis, Dinner and a Movie
I’ve launched a new THING over on Substack today. A virtual reality star-spangled dinner and a movie club. It is something I’ve wanted to do for ages, and now it exists. So exciting. Come and join us! Everyone is welcome, wherever you are in the world,...
by Jenny | 26 Mar, 2023 | David Niven
How I love a homemade fishcake, and how I love David’s recipe for making them. Because basically, it’s a fishcake template. I am sure David wouldn’t mind you putting in whatever you have around the place. Here’s his recipe, in his very own...
by Jenny | 16 Mar, 2023 | Cooking The Detectives, Julia McKenzie
Well this one was a pleasant surprise! I thought this would be a soufflé affair, but actually it turned out to be a much more veggiecentric dish which was surprisingly delicious. This was on the “to test” list because Julia McKenzie is one of the Miss...
by Jenny | 12 Mar, 2023 | Dinner and a Movie
I’m excited to announce that I’m launching an online dinner and a movie club. I’ll be proposing a classic movie each month and suggesting appropriate movie star recipes for you to try alongside. Watch and cook in your own time, indulging yourself in...
by Jenny | 11 Mar, 2023 | Audrey Hepburn, The Great Bear Project
On our tour around the stations of the Northern Line, carrying film star foodstuff, I am always on the lookout for something appropriate to scoff on the platform. Hampstead is renamed Audrey Hepburn in Simon Patterson’s genius reimagining of the map and the...
by Jenny | 9 Mar, 2023 | Bette Davis, Movie Star Cocktails
During the first UK lockdown of the pandemic, me and Mr R made Friday night videos of the movie star cocktails we made when all the pubs were closed. It was loads of fun and we stuck all the videos on YouTube if you fancy having a look. Lots of cocktails were named...
by Jenny | 7 Mar, 2023 | Ann Blyth, Jack Carter, Jayne Meadows Allen, Lee Merriweather, Marsha Hunt, Murder, She Cooked, Robert Vaughn, Yvonne de Carlo
What’s been cooking over at Murder, She Cooked? Quite a lot since I last did a round up. If you are a Murder, She Wrote fan, skip over to the Substack for episode reviews and companion recipes. Here’s what’s been going on in Cabot Cove –...
by Jenny | 26 Feb, 2023 | Supper with the Stars, Vincent Price
I had two frankfurters leftover from the Richard Basehart Frankfurters and Beans extravaganza written about here and that could only mean one thing. Hotchpotch of Curly Kale. I was determined that this recipe go in the Supper with the Stars book as I love it so....
by Jenny | 23 Feb, 2023 | Eartha Kitt
This recipe has been right at the top of my “I wanna cook” list since it first appeared in Greg Swenson’s brilliant Recipes for Rebels book. Mostly because it is cooked in a CHICKEN BRICK and this is one of those things I bought for a specific movie...
by Jenny | 17 Feb, 2023 | Raquel Welch
Thanks to my lovely chum Peter Fuller of the Vincent Price Legacy UK for making this wonderful recipe illustration. I was so sad to hear that Raquel has gone to that Hollywood in the sky. I’ve had a girl crush on her for ages. There follows a blog post I wrote...
by Jenny | 15 Feb, 2023 | Cooking The Detectives, Robert Wagner
For a Christmas gift Mr Rathbone pledged to test 3 recipes for the forthcoming Cooking the Detectives book for me. What a lovely present! This was the first one ticked off the list. A very tasty chili courtesy of Robert Wagner. The above pic was taken before the...
by Jenny | 9 Feb, 2023 | Spencer Tracy
I went back to an old method of selecting which star to focus on for my recipe of the month. Mr R bought me a fabulous pack of movie star playing cards for the first birthday we celebrated together. I cut the pack and Spencer Tracy was presented to me right there on...
by Jenny | 6 Feb, 2023 | Betty Driver, Charlie Drake, Denver Pyle, Diana Dors, Edie Adams, Farrah Fawcett, Heinz 57 Challenge, Jane Asher, Jenny Agutter, Joanna Lumley, Jon Pertwee, Linda Gray, Marlene Dietrich, Phyllis Diller, Richard Arlen, Richard Basehart, Robert Quarry, Sharon Gless
Mr Rathbone and myself decided to celebrate spending 57 years on this here planet by attempting to consume 57 Heinz based meals in a year. Did we manage it? YES! It was loads of fun as we sourced lots of Heinz things that aren’t on the supermarket shelves...
by Jenny | 22 Jan, 2023 | Cooking With Joan Crawford, Joan Crawford
I’m working on an exciting project to kick off 2023 – a reboot of my Joan Crawford cookbook. This has been available on Blurb since 2014 and was the first movie star recipe collection I published. I had lots of vintage JC postcards and over 30 of her...
by Jenny | 17 Jan, 2023 | Gina Lollobrigida
I was sad to hear that Gina Lollobrigida has headed off to that Hollywood in the sky. As a tiny tribute to Lo Lollo, here’s her recipe for wreath cookies. These were recipe of the month way back in December 2012 and they were so cute. I guess they are designed...
by Jenny | 15 Jan, 2023 | Cooking The Detectives, Joan Hickson
What a treat this was! Such a simple recipe, but utterly delicious. I only have two recipes for Joan in the collection, the other is for marmalade. I was going to try both, to see which one would be best suited for the forthcoming Cooking the Detectives book, but...
by Jenny | 7 Jan, 2023 | Grace Kelly, The Great Bear Project
Ah, the beloved Great Bear Project! Our bid to cook our way through the 21 movie star stations as imagined by artist Simon Patterson on the two top spurs of the Northern Line is done. BUT, I still have to write up 5 of them. I am playing catch-up. What can I tell...
by Jenny | 6 Jan, 2023 | Shelley Winters
Happy New Year! I spent Christmas with my mum and watched a lot of telly. For ages I have been trying to remember the name of a game show I accidentally watched once that had me crying with laughter. I just couldn’t for the life of me remember the name. When...
by Jenny | 24 Dec, 2022 | Lynda Day George, Murder, She Cooked
I love a pleasant surprise when I make a movie star recipe thinking, “this is going to be weird.” Because yes, this did seem weird to me, but also, it was absolutely delicious. It also felt indulgent and cheeky because I made it for myself for a weekday...
by Jenny | 19 Dec, 2022 | Clark Gable
It is TOO COLD for salads at the moment here in London and the thought of having one makes me shiver. But it’s hot elsewhere in the world right?! Years ago, in 2013, I came upon a mention of this on the internet. The Clark Gable Salad, on the MGM commissary...
by Jenny | 18 Dec, 2022 | Murder, She Cooked, Ron Masak
Tonight’s the night my fellow Cabot Covians! Join me for a fun watch party wherever you are in the world. Fans of Murder, She Wrote will all watch the episode together in their own homes and natter about it via a private chat room hosted on my Substack –...
by Jenny | 12 Dec, 2022 | Christopher Plummer, Nanette Newman, Tatum O'Neal
When Gill of Reelweegiemidget Reviews announces a movie star blogathon, I immediately check my movie star recipe spreadsheet to see what I have for the person in question. In the case of Christopher Plummer, in my whole collection of over 8,000 star-spangled...
by Jenny | 10 Dec, 2022 | Heinz 57 Challenge, Jane Asher, Joanna Lumley
I think a New Year Resolution for 2023 will be to write up movie star din-dins experiences IMMEDIATELY after I have had them. Because I am sitting here racking my brains about a dinner party we threw in January and the brain is not being very forthcoming. I know that...
by Jenny | 7 Dec, 2022 | Cooking The Detectives, Diana Dors, Heinz 57 Challenge, Richard Basehart, Sharon Gless
The beans I used in Richard Basehart’s Frankfurter and Beans were Heinz Beanz pimped up thanks to a Sharon Gless recipe, so that dish was a kind of Columbo/Cagney & Lacey mash-up. I’ve made Sharon’s beans before and they are GOOD. A shortcut to...
by Jenny | 5 Dec, 2022 | Gene Tierney
I love my local butcher, he really makes me laugh. When I went into The Hampstead Butcher in Muswell Hill to buy the pork for this recipe he was on top form. I told him I was working with Gene Tierney’s recipe from the 1940s. When I described her instructions...
by Jenny | 2 Dec, 2022 | Bay White, David Lawton, Noele Gordon, Peggy Aitchison
This event has been a long time coming. Ever since Angus tipped me off to the existence of the Crossroads Cookbook I’ve been promising a night of delights from its pages. For those not familiar with this iconic British soap, I did a bit of a summing up when I...
by Jenny | 30 Nov, 2022 | Cooking The Detectives, Raymond Burr
I am never going to use dried beans again (unless a movie star specifically tells me to). They never, ever go soft for me, no matter how long I cook the little beggers. I cooked the beans for this chilli as Raymond directed me to, with salt pork (in my case...
by Jenny | 27 Nov, 2022 | Cooking with Columbo, Heinz 57 Challenge, Richard Basehart
Ever since we embarked upon the Heinz 57 Project I’ve been thinking that I must make this again. It’s in the Columbo Cookbook as Richard Basehart is in the Dagger of the Mind episode, and I had a feeling Mr R would love this one. If you are a carnivore,...
by Jenny | 23 Nov, 2022 | Angela Lansbury, Murder, She Cooked
I’m hosting a free Christmas watch party event on Sunday 18th November at 7pm GMT – everyone welcome, wherever you are in the world. All the details are in this Substack post – tell every single Murder, She Wrote fan you know (there are a lot of us...
by Jenny | 22 Nov, 2022 | Cary Grant, The Great Bear Project
I had to bite the bullet and get over my horror of the mushroom for the next of our Great Bear adventures. One of the requisites of creating a movie star dish appropriate to the station stop on Simon Patterson’s reimagined Northern Line is that it can be eaten...
by Jenny | 18 Nov, 2022 | Top 100 Movie Star Recipes, Una Stubbs
The breakfast smoothie season is over. I have transitioned to overnight oats and it will soon be porridge a go-go. I live in a very drafty 1930s flat and it gets so cold here in the winter I need HOT FODDER for breakfast for most of November through to March as I...
by Jenny | 17 Nov, 2022 | Cooking with Columbo, Murder, She Cooked
Every year the lovely Columbophile mentions my Cooking With Columbo book as a nice thing to buy for a Columbo fan as a gift. This year I get to return the favour by recommending HIS brilliant book, which is brand new and fabulous. The Columbo Companion – any...
by Jenny | 14 Nov, 2022 | Richard Arlen
Richard Arlen is trending! Well, he’s trending here at Silver Screen Suppers Towers anyhow! I absolutely love it when blog readers get in touch, either via my Contact Page or via comments on posts. It makes me feel as though I’m not talking into the void....
by Jenny | 9 Nov, 2022 | Cooking The Detectives, Paul Michael Glaser
When I was a pre-teen, everyone at my school went bonkers for Starsky & Hutch. We begged our parents to let us stay up and watch it and all girls of my age either fancied Starsky or Hutch. Same with Donny Osmond and David Cassidy, you had to state your allegiance...
by Jenny | 4 Nov, 2022 | Stanley Tucci, Tuccitime
I was in the same room as Stanley Tucci recently. OK, I was in the same room with him at The Barbican with 1153 other people, but I BREATHED THE SAME AIR. Myself and my kitchen companion Battenburgbelle were in heaven listening to Stanley talk about all sorts of...
by Jenny | 1 Nov, 2022 | Angela Lansbury, Murder, She Cooked
So much has been written about beloved Dame Angela in the last few weeks. An enormous amount of love for her was expressed by so many people in the media. The internet was a better place for a few days. She will live on through her movies and TV shows of course, and...
by Jenny | 28 Oct, 2022 | Donald Pleasence
When this much anticipated book written by the Grand Poobah of Columbo, arrived on my doorstep on Donald Pleasence’s birthday, it seemed PORTENTOUS! I use the term Grand Poobah very much in a respectful way as per the first definition below, not the second...
by Jenny | 27 Oct, 2022 | Marilyn Miller, Movie Star Cocktails
My lovely friend Sasa reminded me at the Murder, She Cooked launch party that I had vowed to write a book gathering together all the movie star cocktails I know of. It’s on the list, Sasa! Our conversation also reminded me that I hadn’t yet dipped in to...
by Jenny | 25 Oct, 2022 | Murder, She Cooked, Ron Masak
I was so sad to hear that Ron Masak had travelled to that Hollywood in the sky this week. He was my favourite of all the Murder, She Wrote co-stars, playing the wonderful character of Sheriff Mort Metzger. I am picturing Ron and Angela chatting over a cup of tea and...
by Jenny | 19 Oct, 2022 | Charlie Drake, Heinz 57 Challenge
Hello my darlings! Those of you who know Charlie Drake will hear his voice ringing through your head saying that line, I’m sure. When researching Heinz recipes for the Heinz 57 Challenge, I stumbled upon something BRILLIANT. A promotional film split into two...
by Jenny | 18 Oct, 2022 | Angie Dickinson
Now that the Murder, She Cooked book is out in the world I have a bit of breathing space and I’m rummaging around in the blog drafts archive for things I hadn’t quite finished. Here’s a LONG one about our Covid postponed honeymoon for those who would...
by Jenny | 14 Oct, 2022 | Angela Lansbury, Murder, She Cooked
After the very sad news this week that our much loved Angela Lansbury has gone to that Hollywood in the sky, I thought I would share some joyful photographs of my book launch. I truly hope that anyone who owns a copy of my Murder, She Cooked book can see it was...
by Jenny | 9 Oct, 2022 | Agnes Moorehead, Elsa Lanchester, Evelyn Ankers, Kim Novak
Just a quick post to let you all know I have a little spot on the Hollywood Kitchen Show today. I’ll be demonstrating how to make Agnes Moorehead’s Macaroon Delight as featured in Supper with the Stars. Here’s the lowdown from Karie who hosts the show on her Facebook...
by Jenny | 29 Sep, 2022 | Angela Lansbury, Murder, She Cooked
It’s book launch day tomorrow and I am stupidly excited. Just to let you all know that I’ll be doing some Instagram Lives throughout the day as I’ll be Living My Life Like Angela Lansbury for the third time! Come and hang out in the Silver Screen...
by Jenny | 28 Sep, 2022 | When Bloggers Meet or Collaborate, Yul Brynner
Yippeee it is the favourite day of all food bloggers everywhere. Pieathalon Day! It’s the 9th year of this bonkers escapade where a bunch of us send weird and wonderful pie recipes to Yinzerella of Dinner is Served 1972 and she dishes them out for each of us to...
by Jenny | 25 Sep, 2022 | Marilyn Monroe
Excitement is mounting about the movie Blonde. I haven’t had a chance to see it at the cinema so I’ll be tuning in on Wednesday when it premieres on Netflix. It’s been a long time since I’ve had a bit of event TV in the diary and I’m...
by Jenny | 23 Sep, 2022 | Jerry Stiller
One night I said to Mr Rathbone over, and over and over again, “This is the funniest film I ever saw” about The Independent starring Jerry Stiller. The next day I could remember nothing about it. Zilch. Nada. So we resolved to watch it again on...
by Jenny | 22 Sep, 2022 | Angela Lansbury, Murder, She Cooked
Greetings lovely readers! My Murder, She Cooked cookalong party on Sunday the 2nd of October is now live on Eventbrite. Everyone is welcome to come along and cook with me, or just be there for the chat about all things Murder, She Wrote while the cakes are in the...
by Jenny | 21 Sep, 2022 | Murder, She Cooked, Robert Stack
In the run up to my Murder, She Cooked publication day I am sharing some of the wonderful feedback I’ve received from test cooks. Here’s the verdict on Robert Stack’s duck recipe from Matthew Lenton an old friend who somehow found me on social media...
by Jenny | 20 Sep, 2022 | Angela Lansbury
Sunday was International Angela Lansbury Appreciation Day and I wanted to show my appreciation not only for the wonderful Dame Angela this week, but also for all the fabulous people who tested recipes for the forthcoming Murder, She Cooked book. There is no way I...
by Jenny | 18 Sep, 2022 | Angela Lansbury, Movie Star Cocktails, Murder, She Cooked
Happy International Angela Lansbury Appreciation Day! It’s a momentous day for me as I am celebrating completion of the Murder, She Cooked book. I am on tenterhooks awaiting my final proof copy but I THINK it is finished. Here’s Jessica reading an...
by Jenny | 16 Sep, 2022 | Angela Lansbury, Murder, She Cooked
Greetings friends! The Murder, She Cooked book will be released into the world TWO WEEKS TODAY. Oh my! I am sooooooo excited. I’ve just realised I haven’t shared the cover yet with my lovely blog readers so here you go… Fun eh? A big thank-you...
by Jenny | 3 Sep, 2022 | Angela Lansbury
The Murder, She Cooked book is almost finished! Publication date is Friday 30th September and I’m hosting a zoom cookalong on Sunday 2nd October at 7pm GMT – everyone is welcome, spread the word! You can check what time this will be wherever you are in...
