Silver Screen Suppers

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 [...]

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 [...]

Oh yum yum Joan Crawford did us proud today.  We had JC Cheese Straws, JC Salami Sandwiches and JC Peanut Butter and Bacon Canapes.  Main course was her legendary Meatloaf (delicious) with her own recipe for Green Peas (cooked with lettuce and spring onions) and some Vincent Price Potatoes Dauphinoise.  Dessert was the very, very [...]

I have a Vincent Price Quiche Lorraine in the oven and as this involves a large amount of bacon which provides a large amount of bacon fat I thought I’d have Joan’s spinach salad alongside.  It’s hot bacon fat mixed with vinegar that makes her salad wilted.  Mmmmmm….. I know that I shouldn’t praise my [...]

I got Tiger Blood man!  Today I was feeling a bit sorry for myself.  Then I thought, “What would Joan Crawford do?” and decided she’d cook herself a steak, have a glass of wine and get over it, which is exactly what I have done.  To hell with it, Joan would put it all down [...]

Bee Boy came round last night with a lovely cardboard box full of 78s.  He’d grabbed a batch from his local charity shop and there were some real gems.  Favourite was a brilliant tango by Xavier Cugat and second fave an Ethel Smith rendition of “Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps”. We devoured the leftover Vatrouskis, some of [...]

I’m holding my head a bit today Joan.  Terrifically hungover.  Last night was the annual and totally fabulous OSCARS party at Olivier and Nick’s house.  This year we were 12 and everyone looked very festive and posh in their bow ties, fancy frocks, top hats and face paint… I made Joan’s Bisquick Cheese Straws (with [...]

I wish they still made stockings like this.  My knees could do with some big old hearts to cover up the bruises got from falling over in the street last week.  It was quite a spectacular one as I was holding a large open umbrella above my head.  Mary Poppins I wasn’t… The ladies of [...]

OOh I am TIRED.  I was out last night until 4 in the morning!  Anyone who is aware of my sleeping habits will know this is incredibly late for me – usually asleep by 10pm.  It’s my birthday week and I’ve been celebrating every single night.  On Tuesday I saw Mr Winklepickers and got about [...]