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Margaret Sullavan’s Peanut Butter Hermits

Nice hairdo Margaret.  Hair very much on my mind at the moment as I prepare for Vintage at Goodwood. Shall I go and have a radical haircut so that I can do some proper Victory Rolls?  As I got a surprise bonus at work today perhaps I should?  EVERYONE is going to be super glamorous [...]

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Margaret Sullavan’s Peanut Butter Hermits

Margaret Sullavan’s Peanut Butter Hermits

“This little box makes you candy conscious!” So said Margaret (in The Shop Around the Corner) to a rather hefty customer who didn’t like the song a particular music box played when the lid was open. Margaret’s sales patter was to suggest that every time the lady opened the box to get another chocolate, she’d [...]

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Margaret Sullavan’s Peanut Butter Hermits

Margaret Sullavan’s Peanut Butter Hermits

“Most actors are basically neurotic people. Terribly, terribly unhappy. That’s one of the reasons they become actors.” It’s New Year’s Eve and I have made Hermits for my workmates. It’s like a ghost town here but we had to come in just in case somebody famous popped their clogs overnight and there was a clamour [...]

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Margaret Sullavan’s Peanut Butter Hermits

Margaret Sullavan’s Peanut Butter Hermits

“Most actors are basically neurotic people. Terribly, terribly unhappy. That’s one of the reasons they become actors.” Well there is a word of warning for myself and Grace. Might help prevent a cat scrap over the handsome new rockabilly… Margaret’s recipe stated that there would be enough cookie dough for “eighteen Hermits” and so there [...]

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