by Jenny | 14 Jun, 2020 | Alan Ladd, Anna Neagle, Bebe Daniels, Jimmy Durante, Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown, Lauren Bacall, Victor Mature
Coo what a spread! Remember when there was a time when you could eat this amount of food on one day because you had OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR ABODE? As it has now been over 12 weeks since anyone except Mr Rathbone crossed my threshold, I find it hard to believe that this...
by Jenny | 27 Jun, 2024 | Angela Lansbury, Murder, She Cooked
When I wrote a book all about Murder, She Wrote including recipes from the kitchen of Angela Lansbury and many of her co-stars, I had ten of Angela’s recipes in my collection. Imagine how thrilled I was recently to hear from blog reader Linda DeWeese-Brown that...
by Jenny | 27 Jun, 2023 | Joyce Grenfell
We are having a mini heatwave here in the UK, so thoughts turn to salads. I am becoming quite a fan of chicory (or endive, depending on where you are in the world) because it turns out to be the kind of thing that will last a while in the fridge when you have...
by Jenny | 19 Jul, 2022 | Murder, She Cooked, Van Johnson
We are having a heatwave. It was 35 degrees C (95 degrees F) when I wrote this last night at 7.30pm! Flats in London are NOT EQUIPPED FOR THIS! For the first time EVER the temperature is due to hit 40 degrees C (104 degrees F) here today. It’s bonkers, but I...
by Jenny | 18 Jan, 2022 | Gene Tierney, Top 100 Movie Star Recipes
When I have a big tomato hanging around the place I am often compelled to do this to it… This dish was proposed in an advertisement for Star-Kist Tuna and I always think of it as Gene Tierney’s Leaning Tower of Tuna… I love the fanciful nature of...
by Jenny | 14 Nov, 2021 | Shelley Winters
I am a sucker for a Caesar and have tried a few movie star versions. Grace Kelly’s was so good it was Recipe of the Month way back in April 2019, Ruth Roman’s method calls for coddled eggs and Jessica Walter’s garlic oil required a bit of forward...
by Jenny | 25 Apr, 2021 | Ellen Drew
Any recipe that includes pickle juice piques my pickle interest. My fridge is FULL of pickle juice and because I love pickles so much, I make a lot of pickles and I eat a lot of pickles. It always seems a waste to chuck away all the delicious spiced vinegar once...
by Jenny | 21 Apr, 2020 | Benny Hill
I am as old as the hills, so when Mr R brought over his DVD of the Christmas Top of the Pops from 1971 this weekend I thought, I might know some of these songs. But it turns out, I knew the lot! And three of them have special significance too. Slade’s Cuz I Luv...
by Jenny | 4 Mar, 2019 | Gene Tierney
The food I crave more than any other is TUNA so I am always looking for interesting things to do with it. This tower of loveliness absolutely fits the bill! That’s Gene perched on top… I was thrilled to discover a whole heap of celebrity tuna recipes on...
by Jenny | 25 Nov, 2018 | Vincent Price
My boss Alwyn goes fishing to relax. When he talks about the pleasures to be had in the middle of the night standing in a river in the pitch black watching shooting stars it almost makes me want to do it myself. However, these days I am usually tucked up in bed by...
by Jenny | 28 Sep, 2018 | Julie Christie, When Bloggers Meet or Collaborate
My mum is brilliant at making trifle and when I was home at the weekend there was a lovely individual serving of it waiting just for me. I said, “This is a really big helping, I’m not sure I can eat it all.” Her response really made me laugh,...
by Jenny | 22 Oct, 2014 | Joan Crawford
This is probably the weirdest thing I have made in over 8 years of trying the favourite recipes of movie stars. Very weird indeed. Did I eat it? Well, I tried it. I ate about half of one of these delightfully shaped cheese balls… ...
by Jenny | 16 Oct, 2014 | Joan Crawford
I had a day off work yesterday to finish the Cooking With Joan Crawford book. Is it finished? Sort of. MAN it’s been a lot of work. I have a renewed admiration for all cookbook writers and Frank DeCaro in particular. Lord only knows...
by Jenny | 30 Apr, 2014 | Tippi Hedren
My neighbour (and matchmaker extraordinaire) Chloë has asked me to write something for a pitch she is doing for a publisher. She’s creating a brand new magazine and it sounds like it will rock. I might have a regular column about film star recipes. Am I excited? ...
by Jenny | 22 Sep, 2011 | Jack Hulbert
I can’t remember if I have ever bought a tin of salmon before. Tins of tuna yes, but buying salmon in a tin seems a bit strange, I don’t know why. But I fancied Jack’s salad which is in one of my favourite cook books “282 Ways of Making a...
by Jenny | 12 Jul, 2023 | Bebe Daniels
Sometimes you don’t see a dressing for ages, and then three come along at once… On the left, we have Angela Lansbury’s Mustard Vinaigrette. On the right, we have David Soul’s Torino Dressing, and in the middle, a French Dressing. When I needed...
by Jenny | 6 Feb, 2023 | Betty Driver, Charlie Drake, Denver Pyle, Diana Dors, Edie Adams, Farrah Fawcett, Heinz 57 Challenge, Jane Asher, Jenny Agutter, Joanna Lumley, Jon Pertwee, Linda Gray, Marlene Dietrich, Phyllis Diller, Richard Arlen, Richard Basehart, Robert Quarry, Sharon Gless
Mr Rathbone and myself decided to celebrate spending 57 years on this here planet by attempting to consume 57 Heinz based meals in a year. Did we manage it? YES! It was loads of fun as we sourced lots of Heinz things that aren’t on the supermarket shelves...
by Jenny | 13 Feb, 2022 | Dolores Del Rio, Vincent Price, When Bloggers Meet or Collaborate
Oh what a fun time I had appearing as a guest on Karie Bible’s lovely Hollywood Kitchen Show last Sunday. Karie had invited myself and my co-writer Peter to speak about our Vincent Price cookbook and to make Dolores Del Rio’s Enchiladas and Vincent...
by Jenny | 9 Nov, 2021 | Gloria Stuart
Avocado on toast, 1930s style! This is a brilliant way of using up an avocado that is past its best. Shove it through a sieve then mix some other stuff into it. You can either make it quite runny and use it as a salad dressing or, do as I did, make it a bit thicker...
by Jenny | 9 Feb, 2021 | Alan Ladd
I love it when readers get in touch and ask for recipes and I am always happy to rummage around in my bookshelves to find them and send them out. Usually I don’t get so much as a “thank-you” in return, but sometimes – hurrah – a lovely...
by Jenny | 13 Jan, 2021 | Phyllis Diller, Top 100 Movie Star Recipes
Recipes with weird names are catnip for me. Vincent Price’s Hotchpotch of Curly Kale immediately springs to mind. Elvis Presley’s Hush Puppies is another, but Phyllis Diller’s Garbage Soup is the winner in this category. This fabulous recipe appears...
by Jenny | 1 Jan, 2021 | George Segal, Gertrude Niesen, Helen Hayes, Ian Ogilvy, Pat Phoenix, Vincent Price
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all my lovely readers! The choice of my #1 movie star dish of 2020 is SIMPLE because this way of cooking a leg of lamb was an absolute revelation. The recipe is the culinary equivalent of an earworm because it keeps on popping into my head as...
by Jenny | 4 Dec, 2020 | Ben Oates, Diana Manthey, Fred Karno, Jan Manthey, Jonathan Cockerell, Mark Duqueno, Vic Pratt
During the first full UK pandemic lockdown in March, I was a bit down in the dumps and lacking in laughs. Then I heard about a new book which I HEARTILY RECOMMEND to all of you who need some merriment in these crazy times. Put this on your Christmas wishlist and buy a...
by Jenny | 23 Jul, 2020 | Angela Lansbury, Murder, She Cooked
You know how satisfying it is when you find the right tool for the job? And how the smallest thing can give you an immense amount of pleasure in these strange lockdowned times? Here’s a tiny tale of one such thing. This is a beautiful bottle of delicious...
by Jenny | 5 Jul, 2020 | Tessie O'Shea
Have you sorted out your social support bubble yet? I saw mine last Saturday and it was a RIOT. Mr R’s sister and her husband came over and we had a boozy picnic. OK, it was an indoor picnic because the weather wasn’t great, but we had...
by Jenny | 6 May, 2020 | Diana Dors
As regular readers know, I am a massive Diana Dors fan and have written lots about the recipes in the Diana Dors X-Cel Diet book. I am so lucky to work in a film archive and have the TV-am collection at my fingertips – well, I did before lockdown! Diana...
by Jenny | 14 Feb, 2020 | Phyllis Diller
Making this soup cures all ills. I was feeling somewhat melancholy last Wednesday evening (can’t remember why now) but my fridge was FULL of random veggies and once I got going on this I felt a million times better. The glorious thing about this soup is that you...
by Jenny | 6 Oct, 2019 | Bill Brochtrup, Cesar Romero, Gloria DeHaven, Hayley Mils, Jane Withers, Jayne Meadows, Joan Leslie, John Gabriel, Kate Mulgrew, Linda Blair, Martha Scott, Murder, She Cooked, Richard Johnson, Ron Masak, Susan Anton, Susan Strasberg, Tom Bosley, Tom Selleck
One of the best things about having a blog is connecting with folks all around the world who are game for anything! So today’s testers are based in Australia, the USA, Canada, Finland and Greece as well as here in good old Blighty. Thanks so much, you wonderful...
by Jenny | 21 May, 2019 | Ian McShane
On impulse I bought some posh wild salmon from Planet Organic this week. I looked at the price and thought, “Imagine if I was paying for this in a restaurant, it would be TWICE as much” and took the plunge. It was utterly lovely! Much firmer and tastier...
by Jenny | 19 Mar, 2019 | Bette Davis, The Great Bear Project
Bette Davis’ Baked Beans were the first thing I ever made for the Silver Screen Suppers project way back in May 2006. I was living on a houseboat with a tabletop oven that had to be turned on with a pair of pliers feeling very sorry for myself. Boat kitchen...
by Jenny | 20 Aug, 2018 | Robert Quarry, Shirley Jones, Vincent Price, When Bloggers Meet or Collaborate
Yay! It’s Pieathalon day – whoop whoop! One of my favourite things about having a blog is getting invited to participate in some really bonkers challenges. Once a year ACE food blogger Yinzerella over at Dinner Is Served 1972 organizes a...
by Jenny | 6 May, 2018 | Rudolph Valentino
“He loved to make spaghetti and meatballs. He had his own special sauce. I never tired of it, and I will never share with anyone else the secret of his meat sauce.” So said Pola Negri! Pola definitely looks like a woman who can keep a secret… But...
by Jenny | 3 Mar, 2018 | Johnny Cash
To celebrate Columbo’s 50th birthday and the launch of my new Cooking With Columbo book I organized a Columbo Bowl Chili Cook-Along and it was so much fun. Here’s a map showing where in the world Johnny’s chili was rustled up! Over 20...
by Jenny | 14 May, 2016 | Uncategorized
Silver Screen Suppers is TEN YEARS OLD. Jeepers! To celebrate, I’ve selected my favourite 50 film star recipes. Ooh, this was tough, but FUN. When I started this project I was living on a houseboat on the Thames with a tabletop oven that had to be...
by Jenny | 7 Nov, 2015 | Vincent Price
Joy, joy, joy! Blog posts have popped up all around the world from the folks who joined in with the Treasury Cookalong. It brought many a tear to my glass eye! So much wondrousness! The cookalong was organised to celebrate the launch of the 50th...
by Jenny | 2 Sep, 2013 | Bette Davis, When Bloggers Meet or Collaborate
Does that sound appealing to you? Me neither! I’ve been looking sideways at this recipe for many years thinking about attempting it and then running away. Luckily for me, I was invited to participate in the Knoxapocalypse II challenge along with 6...
by Jenny | 10 Jan, 2013 | Anna May Wong
Ducke wuckie! Mmm. This was good but strangely not as good as the time I made it for me and Lolly. Why? Not sure. Maybe because I was using Japanese rice wine rather than Chinese? I’ll have to fiddle around with it a bit to...
