by Jenny | 16 May, 2022 | Linda Lavin, Ron Leibman
I love a movie star recipe with a mad title and am generally compelled to make it. So it was with this one. I was surprised that no test cooks chose it for the Murder, She Wrote Cookalong with a name like this, but secretly I was pleased as I got to make Hoo-ha...
by Jenny | 10 May, 2022 | Diana Dors
Want to sprinkle a little stardust over your working from home luncheons? This is the easiest and tastiest way to do it. I have made this salad so many times because I love EVERYTHING IN IT. Plus it contains two things that you probably stockpiled at the beginning of...
by Jenny | 6 May, 2022 | Eddie Albert
Coo, this was good! I needed to test this one for the Murder, She Cooked book, and Easter weekend seemed the perfect time for it. Eddie’s recipe is as vague as they get, and I wanted to make it clearer for those who fancied cooking it and watching Eddie play...
by Jenny | 28 Apr, 2022 | Fay Wray
About once a year I buy an artichoke on impulse, and when I get it home am immediately gripped by fear about how to cook it. They are scary things if you don’t have them about your person very often. But the recipe I have now christened “Fay Wray’s...
by Jenny | 13 Apr, 2022 | Paul Burke
My Murder, She Wrote related Substack is now monthly and the March edition features Jessica visiting a television set where one of her nieces plays a character in a daytime soap. Paul Burke is in this episode too, and the companion recipe to the show is his Twelve...
by Jenny | 8 Apr, 2022 | Milton Berle
I am scared of hollandaise. Well, I am scared of making hollandaise. When I told my food writer chum Sam Kilgour this on the day I was planning to make Milton’s Eggs Benedict she gave me some excellent advice, “don’t let it know you don’t like making...
by Jenny | 2 Apr, 2022 | Hope Lange, Murder, She Cooked
I love it when someone with eagle eyes finds some movie star recipes and sends them to me in case I don’t already have them. My film archivist chum Margie is brilliant at this, and she sent over some Hope Lange recipes she’d found online. They had been...
by Jenny | 1 Apr, 2022 | Stanley Tucci, Tuccitime
When I went for dinner chez my chum Cathy (aka Battenburg Belle of Kitchen Confidence) for the first time since the pandemic began, I was thrilled that she was cooking up a marinara sauce to a Stanley Tucci recipe. I am mildly obsessed with Stanley Tucci and I was...
by Jenny | 27 Mar, 2022 | Jane Alexander
During the pandemic, with more kitchen hours at my disposal, I began working on my fear of cooking fish. Who knew it was so easy? Well, it’s easy when the recipes are good. Which this one was. So simple, and so delicious. Jane Alexander has co-written a whole...
by Jenny | 23 Mar, 2022 | Heinz 57 Challenge, Linda Gray
I couldn’t resist trying a recipe from the kitchen of Linda Gray. If only as an excuse to bung up a picture of one of the best evenings of my life. In Portugal. Hitting hundreds of people on the head with plastic hammers. What a night! I loved that Sue Ellen...
by Jenny | 14 Mar, 2022 | Denver Pyle, Heinz 57 Challenge
The Jon Pertwee Spaghetti Flan still brings me great joy. Thinking about the fun I had cooking it with my friend Jan of Saucy Seventies Adventures several weeks ago still tickles me and there was a knock-on recipe, if there is such a phrase as a knock-on recipe? ...
by Jenny | 7 Mar, 2022 | Donald Pleasence
This is probably the simplest recipe yet in 15 years of writing about movie star recipes (I’m not counting the Dean Martin Burger). I am as pleased as punch that I discovered some shortcuts for making Donald’s curry that meant even though I was SMASHED on...
by Jenny | 4 Mar, 2022 | Boris Karloff, Gloria Stuart
I had such a fun time hanging out on zoom with three fellow movie star recipe obsessives a few Sundays ago. Karie Bible of the lovely Hollywood Kitchen Show gathered myself, Fritzi Kramer of Movies Silently and Samantha Ellis of Musings of a Classic Film...
by Jenny | 3 Mar, 2022 | Cyd Charisse
My Murder, She Wrote related Substack is now monthly and the February edition neatly kicked off my episode guides for series two. I love Jessica’s appearance at the beginning, all dolled up in a turban and pearls! Cyd Charisse is in this episode too, and the...
by Jenny | 27 Feb, 2022 | David Birney, Meredith Baxter, Murder, She Cooked
This recipe is destined for the Murder, She Cooked book as David Birney pops up in four episodes. When interviewed by food writer Johna Blinn, David admitted that he was no great shakes in the kitchen and offered up this recipe from his wife, actress Meredith Baxter....
by Jenny | 24 Feb, 2022 | Heinz 57 Challenge, Jenny Agutter, Murder, She Cooked
Jenny Agutter waving her knickers on a stick at an oncoming train is one of my earliest movie memories. I think I must have been taken to the cinema to see The Railway Children when it came out (that’s how old I am) and that’s the scene I remember most....
by Jenny | 22 Feb, 2022 | Fionnula Flanagan, Murder, She Cooked
It’s been a tradition for me to throw a birthday dinner for my beloved Battenburg Belle for many moons but we have missed two years due to RULES so I loved, loved, loved being able to do it this year. The big hit of the night was Fionnula Flanagan’s...
by Jenny | 20 Feb, 2022 | Peter Falk
Four years ago today my Columbo cookbook was put out into the world. Writing this was so much fun and it has brought me huge joy ever since. The thing that makes me most happy is knowing that people all around the world are cooking from it. For example, Missy...
by Jenny | 17 Feb, 2022 | Murder, She Cooked, Wayne Rogers
This recipe has been hanging around on the Murder, She Cooked test cooking list for a lonnnnnng time. A few people volunteered to have a go at it, and then declined once they realised that liver was involved. No problem for me though, I love liver! I approached this...
by Jenny | 15 Feb, 2022 | David Niven, Edward Woodward, Jack Cassidy
A conversation with a colleague way back in November reminded me of my pledge in 2017 that I would ALWAYS make a Jack Cassidy Quicky Green Bean Casserole for Thanksgiving. As I had a spare evening on my hands on the last Thursday in November, I decided to make one...
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 | 10 Feb, 2022 | Betty Driver, Heinz 57 Challenge
Those of you of a certain age will no doubt already be reminiscing about the good old days of Coronation Street when Betty Williams (played by Betty Driver) worked behind the bar of the Rover’s Return. Her hotpot was always on the menu and Betty became known as...
by Jenny | 6 Feb, 2022 | Carroll Baker, Murder, She Cooked
Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. This is a simple but very tasty baked chicken recipe. It doesn’t look much on paper, but often these “ye olden dayes” recipes are like that. I made a small version of this as dinner-for-deux and we wolfed it down!...
by Jenny | 2 Feb, 2022 | Kathleen Beller, Martha Raye, Murder, She Cooked
Here are links to all the recipes that featured on my weekly Murder, She Cooked Substack in January. I’m not going to duplicate them on the Silver Screen Suppers blog, so if you are interested in the recipes, just click on the appropriate link. Martha Raye’s...
by Jenny | 31 Jan, 2022 | Heinz 57 Challenge, Jon Pertwee
For the 3rd of the Heinz 57 extravaganzas, I had a fun cookalong with Jan Manthey – winner of the Vincent Price Cucumber Crocodile competition, cult film director extraordinaire, author and one of the frontmen of The Dylan Rabbit. Jan runs the most excellent...
by Jenny | 25 Jan, 2022 | Edie Adams, Heinz 57 Challenge
When I published Edie’s ham recipe in my Murder, She Cooked Substack entry for the Capitol Offense episode, I was absolutely thrilled when someone special spotted the above pic on Instagram. Her son, Josh! He sent the following message, “Mom was NOT a...
by Jenny | 22 Jan, 2022 | Gene Tierney
Here’s a suggestion of a beverage to accompany Gene Tierney’s Leaning Tower of Tuna (aka Tuna Salad Royal). A refreshing glass of V-8. I stumbled across a V-8 ad featuring Gene whilst writing the previous post and that of course, sent me down a huge...
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 Jan, 2022 | Katharine Hepburn
More or less as soon as we were able to venture out into the world again after the first pandemic lockdown we got back on the trail of The Great Bear. Stop #15 was Hendon Central aka Katharine Hepburn in the world of Simon Patterson. We set off there, in masks, to...
by Jenny | 12 Jan, 2022 | Kate Mulgrew
Yum. What more can I say? So easy, so delicious. Kate, after the disaster of your meatloaf, you have redeemed yourself! Kate is in 3 episodes of Murder, She Wrote and I’m not sure which episode this recipe will be attached to in the Murder, She Cooked book but...
by Jenny | 7 Jan, 2022 | Heinz 57 Challenge, Marlene Dietrich
It is hard to find the source of the much bandied around factoid that Marlene Dietrich’s favourite meal was hot dogs and champagne. If anyone knows for sure when or where she said it I would love to know. But it’s a good foodie fact, even if I can’t...
by Jenny | 4 Jan, 2022 | Mary Brian
I am sailing into 2022 with optimism! It’s a while since we’ve had a sweet treat as the recipe of the month, so I thought I would kick off the new year with one. These little biccies are so easy to make and soooooo delicious. I made a batch of these for a...
by Jenny | 29 Dec, 2021 | Angela Lansbury, Bruce Jenner, Cesar Romero, Edie Adams, Jerry Orbach, Linda Blair, Lynda Day George, Milton Berle, Murder, She Cooked, Ron Masak
Here are links to all the recipes that featured on my weekly Murder, She Cooked Substack throughout November and December. I’m not going to duplicate them on the Silver Screen Suppers blog, so if you are interested in the recipes, just click on the appropriate link....
by Jenny | 27 Dec, 2021 | William Holden
When I had my friend Ben round for dinner once, I asked beforehand if there was anything he didn’t eat. His answer was, “metal.” He’s my kind of man, as is William. There’s nothing he won’t eat, apparently. On the day before...
by Jenny | 24 Dec, 2021 | Vincent Price
I am pleased to announce the three winners of the Vincent Price Cucumber Crocodile competition. Victoria Price was just delighted to see all of the entries and wrote, “OH MY GOD! These are so great. . .” Haha, indeed they are, for all the entries skip...
by Jenny | 19 Dec, 2021 | Joe Santos
I do love a recipe with a weird title, and this one was rustled up on One Cold British Night to much acclaim. I had a DINNER GUEST. This is such a rare occurrence in pandemic times that I was excited for days beforehand. There is a feeling here in the UK at the...
by Jenny | 13 Dec, 2021 | Andy Clyde
I had LOTS of ham left over from the Marsha Hunt Ham – With Love recipe and whenever this happens my thoughts turn to Andy’s casserole. It’s not a casserole as we Brits would know it, and it doesn’t look much on paper but it is absolutely...
by Jenny | 7 Dec, 2021 | Marsha Hunt
Fancy a boozy breakfast? I can recommend this bonkers recipe. I do so love a recipe with a weird title and Marsha is in Murder, She Wrote so this was a MUST for the forthcoming Murder, She Cooked book. I also love a recipe that is effectively a menu too. Everything...
by Jenny | 4 Dec, 2021 | Vincent Price
I just LOVED receiving photographs of the cucumber crocodiles made for the Supper with the Stars book launch competition. It really brought me great, great joy! Here are a couple of photos by Sue Foll of my cucumber croc demo at the book launch (yes, I dyed mini...
by Jenny | 28 Nov, 2021 | Barry Newman
To avoid making the same mistake I made with Ob’s Chicken, I am writing this up very soon after making it. It was slightly weird, but good nevertheless! When I have something that needs testing for the Murder, She Cooked book and there is something ODD about...
by Jenny | 24 Nov, 2021 | Greg Morris, Murder, She Cooked
I am very lucky that my other half, Mr Rathbone, is an excellent proofreader. He’s been kindly reading through all my Murder, She Cooked Substack posts before I send them out into the world and always has brilliant suggestions for tweaks that make my writing...
by Jenny | 21 Nov, 2021 | Keith Michell, Murder, She Cooked
Seitan has been on my radar for a couple of years but I had never eaten it before making this dish. I knew it was getting groovy in the vegan world and good marketing has given me a Pavlovian response to the word seitan. Every time I see it, I automatically think...
by Jenny | 16 Nov, 2021 | James Coco, June Allyson, Murder, She Cooked, William Conrad
Here are links to all the recipes that featured on my weekly Murder, She Cooked Substack throughout October. I’m not going to duplicate them on the Silver Screen Suppers blog, so if you are interested in the recipes, just click on the appropriate link. June...
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 | 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 | 3 Nov, 2021 | Vincent Price
The book is out and it is GORGEOUS! We just couldn’t be prouder of it. Peter has done an amazing job with all the film reviews and co-star biographies. He had a great vision for how the book would look and he’s totally made that happen. Ben...
by Jenny | 2 Nov, 2021 | Joan Collins
When Mr R suggested we watch Tales from the Crypt for our Halloween movie, I went straight to the spreadsheet to see what I had that would be appropriate. Luckily my pal Greg over at Recipes For Rebels included Joan Collins’ recipe for Spaghetti Bolognese in...
by Jenny | 24 Oct, 2021 | Diana Ross
Yinzerella of Dinner Is Served 1972 made a Mahogany Pie for this year’s Pieathalon and her blog post included some sensational clips of a movie I’d never seen. Mahogany starring Diana Ross. Just one look at these gifs convinced me I had to get hold of it...
by Jenny | 23 Oct, 2021 | Peter Cushing
For the third Hammer-Amicus Blogathon I thought it would be fun to give everyone a sneaky peak of some of the forthcoming Vincent Price cookbook. In 2018 my co-writer Peter and I collaborated on a piece about Scream and Scream Again for Gill and Barry’s first...
by Jenny | 21 Oct, 2021 | Anne Francis, Claude Akins, Greg Morris, Lynn Redgrave, Martin Landau, Murder, She Cooked, Samantha Eggar
Here are links to all the recipes that featured on my weekly Murder, She Cooked Substack throughout September. I’m not going to duplicate them on the Silver Screen Suppers blog, so if you are interested in the recipes, just click on the appropriate link. Claude...
by Jenny | 19 Oct, 2021 | Lauren Bacall
The news that Melbourne are coming out of lockdown on Friday received a little squeak of excitement here in London. My chum Taryn of Retro Food For Modern Times will be released into the world after 6 lockdowns totalling 262 days since March 2020. I expect her to go...
by Jenny | 10 Oct, 2021 | Bo Derek
Bo’s Cheese Pies, like Bo herself, are very photogenic… and we had a fun zip out to Colindale on a very windy day in February 2020 in order to scoff one on a tube station platform. Bo’s recipe makes a big pie but I decided to make little ones, much...
by Jenny | 6 Oct, 2021 | Vincent Price
To celebrate the launch of the Vincent Price cookbook I’m running a cucumber crocodile competition. All you have to do is make one of these beauties and send me a photo or tag me on Instagram by November 1st. Photos of your crocs will be judged by Victoria...
by Jenny | 26 Sep, 2021 | Brigitte Bardot
Aren’t artichokes things of great beauty? Scary to cook though eh? I love them but I rarely cook them as they are DAUNTING. If you feel the same way as me, then read on, because this is a great recipe, I’ll talk you through the tricky bits, and...
by Jenny | 24 Sep, 2021 | Edward Woodward
HALLOWEEEEEEEEEEEN is coming! That’s always a favourite time of year here at Silver Screen Suppers Towers. I haven’t decided on the menu yet, but I may well include this as a side dish because I LOVE IT. Who doesn’t love cheesy potatoes? This...
by Jenny | 20 Sep, 2021 | Roger Moore
What can I tell you about the Great Bear escapade we undertook in August 2019? Not much! My memory has been scrubbed clean since then due to various life events and the global pandemic, but at least I have photographs to remind me that we did do it! My hair has...
by Jenny | 16 Sep, 2021 | Peter Falk
For all you Peter Falk fans, I thought I would gather together photos of all of his favourite recipes in one post. All these recipes are featured in the Cooking With Columbo book. and I have a few copies here at Silver Screen Suppers Towers in London which I’m...
by Jenny | 13 Sep, 2021 | Vincent Price
Have you ever made a cucumber crocodile? If not, now is the time! To celebrate the launch of Supper with the Stars we are having a party! Visit Peter’s website for details – everyone welcome! I really hope to see some of you there, it’s going to...
by Jenny | 11 Sep, 2021 | Vincent Price
Do you ever order groceries online? Do you ever put loads of delicious looking things in your shopping basket, then have a rethink and think, “I am but one human being, living alone, I must be sensible”? and take lots of them out? Have you ever then...
by Jenny | 9 Sep, 2021 | Kay Johnson, When Bloggers Meet or Collaborate
Ah, Pieathalon! The only time of year I write about a recipe that isn’t movie star-related. How can I make this relevant to my readers who come here for movie star fodder I wonder? I’ll think of something. But first, do you want to hear what happens...
