Natalie Wood’s Huevos Rancheros

Natalie Wood’s Huevos Rancheros

Bored with the same old working from home lunch? I am finding it easy to be lazy about lunches. Toast is usually on the menu, and now the weather has changed I have rediscovered my passion for posh Cup-a-Soup, namely Szechuan Hot & Sour. But the other day I got a...
Happy 12th Birthday Silver Screen Suppers – my favourite dozen movie star recipes!

Happy 12th Birthday Silver Screen Suppers – my favourite dozen movie star recipes!

I can’t believe that I’ve been writing this blog for 12 years – goodness me.  So much has changed in that time.  When I began I was a broken-hearted singleton living on a houseboat on the Thames.  My tabletop cooker had to be turned on...
Natalie Woods’ Huevos Rancheros

Natalie Woods’ Huevos Rancheros

Natalie is in the news at the moment.  Will we ever know what really happened on that boat?  I doubt it.  It’s making me very sad reading about it.   I’ve written here before about how much I love Natalie, and I always think about her...
Natalie Wood’s Huevos Rancheros

Natalie Wood’s Huevos Rancheros

Been thinking about my friend Greg today over at Recipes for Rebels and sent him good, good vibes from halfway across the world as I cooked this dish.   I am loving my new cast iron frying pan… This is the first dish I ever cooked from his fabulous...
Natalie Wood’s Huevos Rancheros

Natalie Wood’s Huevos Rancheros

This is a photo of me, many moons ago, pretending to play a Wurlitzer dressed as Natalie Wood.  Why?  It’s a long story. I am almost at the stage where I know how to rustle up Natalie’s Huevos Rancheros without looking at the recipe....
Natalie Wood’s Huevos Rancheros

Natalie Wood’s Huevos Rancheros

Classic Hollywood movies, I’ve missed you! Over the last couple of years, I’ve had the entire Columbo series on rotation in my kitchen.  I plonked my old laptop on top of the kitchen record player, and had an episode of Columbo on DVD keeping me...
Natalie Wood’s Huevos Rancheros

Natalie Wood’s Huevos Rancheros

Ahh, the splendour of Natalie’s Huevos Rancheros, now probably my default Saturday breakfast.  Even when engaged in baking 14 loaves of beer bread, a couple of Saturdays ago: I managed to rustle some up, to give me sustenance.  I added some red peppers...
Natalie Wood’s Huevos Rancheros

Natalie Wood’s Huevos Rancheros

I had a raging hangover on Saturday morning.  On Friday night I stayed up late at Mr R’s place, drinking beer and watching Madness videos.  I’d forgotten how good they were.  I think we watched this about 13 times… Cracks me up!...
Natalie Wood’s Huevos Rancheros

Natalie Wood’s Huevos Rancheros

The best thing about having a blog, is that you get to meet chums through the internet that you would never ever meet otherwise.  Such a chum is Greg Swenson who has just published this brilliant cookbook: Greg lives in Greece, and he and I have been pen pals for...

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