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 [...]
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Bette Davis’ Marmalade
Still time to enter my competition. Prize? A jar of Bette Davis Marmalade made by yours truly. All you have to do is answer this multiple choice question. You can email me or put your choice in a comment. Closing date Monday 31st October at midnight. Overseas readers welcome to enter – I’ll find a [...]
Recipe of the Month – Bette Davis’ Creamed Halibut with Boiled Onions
Recipe of the month is up. I’m already worrying about when I might find the time and the company to make this. Got a crazy month with two holiday weekends. This weekend is the WI JAM FESTIVAL in Oxfordshire. We have submitted one of the jars of Gloria Swanson’s Bar-Le-Duc (thousands of pips picked out [...]
Bette Davis’ Brown Bette
There is a vegan version of the Brown Bette in the oven making my whole flat smell delicious. It is my offering for dinner tomorrow at Paulette’s with Angus & Clive (we must select Hollywood monikers for them) and I’m really looking forward to scoffing it. Had a wonderful afternoon yesterday meeting The Completion Club [...]
Bette Davis’ Brown Bette
A gloriously silly evening at Paulette and Ivor’s house last night which involved Angus acting as sous-chef for the Brown Bette. It turned out surpisingly yummy, especially considering that I was so drunk by the time I got around to making it I kept having to weigh everything two or three times. Much hilarity was [...]
Joan Crawford’s Turkey and Noodles Alfredo and Bette Davis’ Brown Bette
“I only want to talk about the nice things.” A superb afternoon and evening incorporating much Joan and Bette madness was had today. The noodles were very strange but tasty. Incorporating half a pound of cheese (a whole standard supermarket portion plus a bit extra) plus almost a whole brick of butter (we left about [...]
Bette Davis Baked Beans
“I didn’t bring your breakfast, because you didn’t eat your din-din!” Happy Birthday Blog! It is 4 years since this blog was stared and my goodness, what a lot has happened. A commemorative batch of Bette’s Baked Beans are in the slow cooker – it was the very first dish I made, on a rainy [...]
Bette Davis’ Marmalade
Bette looks how I feel. Mildly pissed off that her marmalade yet again hasn’t set. I am beginning to come to the conclusion that it must be the ratio of fruit to sugar that’s to blame rather than my technique. I’m going to have to do some research on preserves. It was nice to have [...]
Silver Screen Sunday – Now Voyager
“…don’t let’s ask for the moon. We have the stars.” It’s a good point Bette, we just CAN’T have it all… As someone once said, you can’t expect to have a great job, a great relationship and a great place to live all at the same time. You can only have maximum two at once. [...]
Bette Davis’ Finnan Haddie a la Davis
Oh I am having such fun this weekend. Doing a LOT of writing work and a LOT of cooking. Fab. It’s Sunday and so I decided to treat myself to Bette’s favourite Sunday morning breakfast dish. And delicious it was too. It’s the first time I have tried it but wanted to have a test [...]
