A Vincent Price Themed Party for Battenburg Belle

A Vincent Price Themed Party for Battenburg Belle

Do you have a freezer full of Christmas leftovers? For our work Xmas lunch, we went to The Queen’s Pub and Dining Room in Primrose Hill.  The turkey was really flavoursome, but the portion was massive, and there was no way I could eat it all, so I asked for...
Vincent Price Dinner at Abertoir

Vincent Price Dinner at Abertoir

Do you have a blog?  Are you thinking about it?  If you are, I would say DO IT, because magical things will start to happen.  During the Vincentennial year, when celebrations were going on to mark what would have been Vincent Price’s 100th...
Eat Like the Stars: James Dean

Eat Like the Stars: James Dean

In my December column for the lovely Eat Drink Films, I get to find out from the lovely Greg Swenson how he went about writing the brilliant Recipe for Rebels cookbook. Greg is now a bosom cyberchum of mine. We regularly correspond about film star recipes since he...
Sophia Loren’s Pesto

Sophia Loren’s Pesto

I live on the fourth floor of a block of flats so have no garden full of fresh herbs, however much I would like one.   It drives me bananas when I’ve bought a big bunch of coriander, used a few sprigs and the rest has gone mulchy in the fridge.  So...
Johnny Cash’s Chili

Johnny Cash’s Chili

And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire, the ring of fire!  I’ve been wanting to make Johnny’s chili for ages.  I have two versions in different cookbooks, but they both use brands of chili powder and seasonings that we can’t get here in the...
Jack Cassidy’s Quickie Green Bean Casserole

Jack Cassidy’s Quickie Green Bean Casserole

Battenburg Belle cooked a tremendous Thanksgiving dinner last night, ooh, it was marvellous.  I’ve a feeling that might become an annual tradition, and why not?  We don’t really do Thanksgiving here in the UK, but when everyone in the USA is...
James Cagney’s Apple Cheese Pie

James Cagney’s Apple Cheese Pie

An apple pie without the cheese, is like a kiss, without the squeeze. So the saying goes. But I’d never had an apple pie with cheese in it before. Until Sunday! I made this for Mr R, his lovely sister Julia and her lovely hubby Nick.  It was bloody...

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