Vincent Price Month

Vincent Price Month

We are celebrating all things Vincent Price over on the Dinner and a Movie Substack this month. There is a competition to win a copy of the forthcoming Blu-ray release of Vincent's 1974 TV cooking show. I'm on the "extras" of this, talking about Vincent's brilliant...

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Ruth Gordon’s Zucchini Omelette

Ruth Gordon’s Zucchini Omelette

I found this in my drafts while I was looking for something else... This was written not long after we'd been through the Covid epidemic. I absolutely LOVE the creative energy and inventiveness of the Rebel Reel Cine Club so despite this post being OLD, OLD, OLD, I am...

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Diana Dors’ Flageolet Beans With Tuna

Diana Dors’ Flageolet Beans With Tuna

If Diana hadn't already made an appearance in the Top 100 Movie Star Recipe countdown with her Artichoke Bean Bowl, this tuna salad would have gone in.  It's something I make quite a lot, with variations.  I usually have a tin of tuna and a tin of beans around the...

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Murder, She Cooked Round-Up

Murder, She Cooked Round-Up

It's a while since I told you what's been going on over at my Murder, She Cooked Substack.  I'm serialising the Murder, She Cooked book - with screengrabs! The Substack is an online Murder, She Wrote fan club. It's free to join, just pop your email into the subscribe...

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Audrey Hepburn’s Penne alla Vodka

Audrey Hepburn’s Penne alla Vodka

Who would win in a fight? Audrey Hepburn or Heinz? There's only one way to find out... Fight! Or, to be slightly more refined, to invite chums round for dinner and a blind-tasting experiment. I was well-chuffed to score a jar of the limited edition Heinz/Absolut...

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Stanley Tucci’s Fish Stew

Stanley Tucci’s Fish Stew

This stew was utterly spectacular. As someone who is afeared of crustaceans, when this recipe was allocated to me by my Goddaughter Ringo, I had a mild freakout.  My best buddy Cathy and I had made a vow to cook every recipe in the Stanley Tucci food memoir, and Ringo...

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Melissa Gilbert’s Tuna-Noodle Casserole

Melissa Gilbert’s Tuna-Noodle Casserole

When I moved from London to Hastings there was a bit of an involuntary grouping together of of like things with like.  As per the teachings of Marie Kondo. This resulted in my discovering quite how much I had of certain foodstuffs.  In the "overflow sideboard" there...

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Lana Turner’s Super and Easy Salsa

Lana Turner’s Super and Easy Salsa

When I first started this blog way back in 2006 thought of it as an online diary.  I just recorded the movie star dishes I had tried, without sharing the recipe or even a photograph.  Remember the days when nobody took photos of their food?! I am always happy to share...

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Vincent Price’s Potato and Fish Chowder

Vincent Price’s Potato and Fish Chowder

It's Vincent Price's birthday today so here's one from the archives, I was SO YOUNG!  No grey hair, a great set of spex that I no longer wear because my eyesight has got worse and some fab dungarees I can no longer squeeze into.  Oh, the passage of time! Great chowder...

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Doris Day’s Stuffed Potatoes

Doris Day’s Stuffed Potatoes

I keep forgetting to let y'all know that April's Dinner and a Movie selection for the Silver Screen Suppers Club is Pillow Talk with the divine Doris Day. If you fancy cooking up one of her brilliant fluffy baked potatoes, skip over here for the recipe... LINKS TO MY...

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Penelope Keith’s Apple Chutney

Penelope Keith’s Apple Chutney

Who would have thought that Tom and Barbara Good's neighbour, Margo, would make chutney? Of course, I know that Margo is a character and Penelope is a real live woman, but it is truly difficult to separate the two when you grew up at a time when she was the biggest...

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Sharon Acker’s Oatmeal Crisps, Van Johnson’s Salmon Salad, Cesare Danova’s Risotto ala Milenese, Craig Stevens’ Quick Margarita Chicken, Dick Van Patten’s Lemon Chicken Casserole, Robert Stack’s Duck a L’Orange, Karen Black’s 10-Minute-Tomato-Beef Chinese Number, Robert Sterling’s Cherry Chicken,

Sharon Acker’s Oatmeal Crisps, Van Johnson’s Salmon Salad, Cesare Danova’s Risotto ala Milenese, Craig Stevens’ Quick Margarita Chicken, Dick Van Patten’s Lemon Chicken Casserole, Robert Stack’s Duck a L’Orange, Karen Black’s 10-Minute-Tomato-Beef Chinese Number, Robert Sterling’s Cherry Chicken,

What’s been cooking over at Murder, She Cooked?  Quite a lot since I last did a round-up.  If you are a Murder, She Wrote fan, skip over to the Substack for episode reviews and companion recipes delivered monthly to your inbox. Here’s what’s been going on in Cabot...

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Dinah Shore’s Maple Walnut Ice-Cream

Dinah Shore’s Maple Walnut Ice-Cream

In my two-year looky-aftery home, there is a secret cupboard in the kitchen.  It's hidden under a work surface, and if you didn't know it was there, you'd never know to look for it. This has already become The Cupboard of Rarely Used Gadgets. The waffle maker is in...

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Pieathalon #10 – Beef and Hash Brown Pie

Pieathalon #10 – Beef and Hash Brown Pie

Ten years of Pieathalon?!  AWESOME! I have participated in every single one and have made some bonkers pies for sure.  Last year I got the Saggitarius Hamburger Pie which was essentially a dome of meat inside a pastry case. This year it was another MEATY one - a sort...

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Benny Hill’s Lemon Chicken

Benny Hill’s Lemon Chicken

It was renaissance man Martin Green who tipped me off to this fabulous piece of TV ephemera. when I went to hear his DJ set at Spiritlands on the South Bank here in London. I say TV rather than film, as most of the stars featured on the cassette and in the recipe...

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The 1933 Celebrity Cocktail Competition booklet - limited edition facsimile - only 100 copies made. Click on the pic for more information.

Recipes from the kitchen of Angela Lansbury and many of her fabulous co-stars - click on image for more details

Recipes from the kitchen of Peter Falk and many of his fabulous co-stars - click on image for more details

Supper with the Stars: With your host Vincent Price - click on image for more details

Cooking With Joan Crawford - 2023 reissue with extra recipes from Joan's kitchen - click on image for more info

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Cooking Vincent Price’s Goulash with Nathalie for the British Film Institute

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The 1933 Celebrity Cocktail Competition booklet - limited edition facsimile - only 100 copies made. Click on the pic for more information.

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