I was thrilled to be invited to contribute a recipe to the Guild of Food Writers’ Treasury, and it’s gone live today on their website – GFW Recipe of the Month – I snuck in two as they are for little film star nibbles. Gloria Swanson’s Caviar Canapes – seen below – and the legendary [...]
Recipe of the Month – Joan Crawford’s Steak with Roquefort Sauce
The recipe of the month is up. I was thinking about what I would like to eat on Valentine’s Night. I will treat myself to a nice juicy steak prepared Joanie style with a good bottle of wine. I might watch Pillow Talk. I love the scene with Doris’s heated blanket lead trailing along behind [...]
Bette Davis Marmalade
Ah, the website has returned from its holiday at the seaside. I was getting worried there. 5 years of blogging, over 500 posts about hundreds of film star recipe experiments – I thought it had all gone for ever. I shall be lavishing care and attention upon the site now it is back. I made [...]
Vincent Price’s New Year Vol-au-Vent
Happy New Year to all my readers. 2012 is going to be a humdinger I can just feel it! Last night I saw off the old year in style with Corinna and Kate. We had Vincent’s New Year Vol-au-Vent which was a splendid looking mega pastry full of turkey, bacon, peanuts, raisins and onions in [...]
Merry Christmas from Silver Screen Suppers
I’ll be on the telebox on Christmas Day with the Shellac Sisters! I think it will just be a fleeting moment but the programme will be gorgeous anyhow. We did love Darcey…
Roland Young’s Rissoles
I should have gone to bed early tonight, instead I have made Roland Young’s Rissoles from my leftover turkey as is TRADITION. I laughed out loud when I searched my computer for Roland’s recipe and one of the things that popped up was a document called “Gaby-isms”. I lived with Gaby for two years and [...]
Joan Crawford’s Salami Canapes
Christmas came early this year to The Palace of Solitude as yesterday I cooked Christmas dinner for three. Wow, what a lot of work! But it was worth it and I was very pleased with my Vincent Price “Roast Turkey Wayside Inn” which I’ll write about later on the Vincentennial Cookblog. For canapes I made [...]
Guild of Food Writers – Silver Screen Suppers Presentation
I was so thrilled to be invited to give a presentation to the Guild of Food Writers about my Silver Screen Suppers project. I was very nervous to be speaking to such an esteemed crowd but they made me very welcome and I had lots of lovely compliments afterwards. We had wonderful retro-styled canapes made [...]
Diana Dors Competition
The Diana Dors double bill is out on DVD! The booklet contains an article by yours truly about Diana’s fashion style and there are lots of pix of her frocks to drool over. I’ve got a copy to give away to one lucky winner. Diana is GREAT in both of these films and I love [...]
Vincent Price’s Crostata Di Mele
My heart nearly burst with pride this morning when I got an email from my mum praising my pastry! I’d taken up some mini apple pies I made to a Vincent Price recipe last time I visited and she said, “We had your tartlets yesterday, they were really nice, were they a SSS recipe? Lovely [...]
