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 | 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...
by Jenny | 7 Sep, 2021 | Anne Francis
I have a new shiny thing! I am sending out a weekly Murder, She Cooked missive via Substack. Each week there is a little write-up about an episode of Murder, She Wrote with screengrabs from the show and an appropriate recipe from one of the stars who appeared in it....
by Jenny | 25 Aug, 2021 | Diana Dors, Top 100 Movie Star Recipes
This recipe comes as part of a pair with David Niven’s Jansson’s Temptation really. Because whenever I buy delicious marinated anchovies from Ocado to make my #98 dish in the top 100 movie star recipes countdown… M&S always seems to be offering a...
by Jenny | 20 Aug, 2021 | Angela Lansbury, Murder, She Cooked
Greetings to all who have landed here via the wondrousness that is Tim Benzie’s Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote you have found exactly the right place to sign up for weekly Murder, She Wrote episode guides and related movie star recipes direct to your inbox...
by Jenny | 18 Aug, 2021 | Barry Norman, Vincent Price
Well, my work on the Vincent Price cookbook is done! I delivered all the final tweaks to my co-writer Peter Fuller yesterday and as we must celebrate all the wins these days, fashioned myself a little cocktail. This cocktail featured in an advertising campaign for...
by Jenny | 13 Aug, 2021 | Una Stubbs
I don’t think I have ever republished an old post, but I was sad to hear yesterday that Una Stubbs had passed and I remembered this one about her muesli recipe. First published in 2019. There are some combinations of words that are nice to say together and for...
by Jenny | 8 Aug, 2021 | Claude Akins
I have never barbecued anything. I am a BBQ virgin. I have the coals, firelighters, and wood and there are three barbecues in my communal garden but I guess I am SCARED of barbecuing. I planned to brave it and have a barbecue last week with my chums Becky and Cathy...
by Jenny | 29 Jul, 2021 | Elizabeth Taylor
Greg of Recipes For Rebels has excelled himself this year for his Cowboy Day Cook-along. Remember the scene in Giant (1956) where Elizabeth Taylor faints when she’s served a big spoonful of roasted cow’s head at a BBQ? Actually, I don’t know if...
by Jenny | 25 Jul, 2021 | Vincent Price
Do you have a bottle of Angostura Bitters hanging around in your cocktail cabinet? You bought it for some tipple or another years ago, and it now just sits there, unloved? Most of us do. Luckily, Vincent Price was involved in an ad campaign that featured recipes...
by Jenny | 16 Jul, 2021 | Donald Pleasence
I had such fun doing my first ever Instagram Live with my Guild of Film Writers chum Bruce McMichael tonight. We were talking about the book Nobs and Nosh which contains thoughts from many movie stars about food, and a few recipes. I made one of them, the Donald...
by Jenny | 12 Jul, 2021 | Farley Granger
I had a lovely surprise recently when I went to Jan and Diana’s house to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. Jan had made some baked potatoes using the Farley Granger recipe I’d featured on the blog way back in pre-pandemic days – little...
by Jenny | 11 Jul, 2021 | Cameron Diaz
You know how one thing leads to another? I went on a stupendous rabbit hole research expedition after writing about Keith Michell’s Avocado With Sauerkraut Dressing last week. My googling to find out if avocado and sauerkraut was a “thing” (it is)...
by Jenny | 8 Jul, 2021 | Keith Michell
After two disastrous Keith Michell cooking escapades and one that was a borderline fail, he has redeemed himself with this genius way of serving an avocado. This cute little entity has become something that I crave on a regular basis. It’s a lovely...
by Jenny | 26 Jun, 2021 | Vincent Price
I have discovered three big things about myself during the global pandemic. 1) That I love to play drums 2) that the LWS Writers’ Hour is an absolutely magical place where creativity and friendships blossom – it’s international and free folks! 3)...
by Jenny | 22 Jun, 2021 | Marilyn Monroe
When I heard that two cookbooks owned by Marilyn Monroe were up for auction (thank-you Di and Amy for the tip-offs) I immediately went down an enormous rabbit hole of research. I was here, there, and everywhere in the Google Machine finding out what time the auction...
by Jenny | 21 Jun, 2021 | David Niven, Top 100 Movie Star Recipes
“My wife makes a simple little thing called Jansson’s Temptation that’s terribly good. It’s nothing more than a potato and onion thing done in cream…” the suave David Niven told food writer Johna Blinn in 1967. I agree with David 100%. This dish is indeed terribly...
by Jenny | 18 Jun, 2021 | Rip Torn
Crikey, I had to get in the time machine and travel back to May 2019 to find the photos of this trip me and Mr R took to Edgware with an egg. It would have been madness to try and eat a Rip Torn Omelet Mexicali on a tube station platform (cold omelet? No thanks) so...
by Jenny | 14 Jun, 2021 | Vincent Price
It’s a momentous day! I have just emailed the final recipe verdict for the Supper With The Stars book to my co-writer Peter. Yippee. 52 films written about, 104 recipes tweaked, 104 verdicts delivered. Vincent’s kedgeree was the last recipe I tested for...
by Jenny | 12 Jun, 2021 | Donald O'Connor, Yvonne de Carlo
Just when I thought the Yvonne de Carlo Salome Salad Dressing was going to go on forever, I had the last few spoonfuls on some lettuce and was left without a huge vat of red goo in my fridge.* First ingredient, 1 can tomato soup. Yep, that’s right! I’d...
by Jenny | 4 Jun, 2021 | Dirk Bogarde
This recipe looms large in my legend as it is the first thing I cooked for Mr Rathbone. We met in 2013 on a blind date set up by my neighbour Chloe. We hadn’t seen photos of each other, and I had absolutely no idea what he would look like. A match not arranged...
by Jenny | 29 May, 2021 | Keith Michell
So following on from the glorious post of all the wonderful things testers have made for the Vincent Price cookbook, here’s a post about when things don’t quite work out so well. Three Keith Michell recipes, and each one of them a bit of a fail. His...
by Jenny | 27 May, 2021 | Charles Bronson, Diana Rigg, Eva Gabor, Frank Lovejoy, Henry Fonda, Ian Hunter, Ian Ogilvy, Jane Asher, John Carradine, Lana Turner, Lilian Gish, Lynn Bari, Margaret Lindsay, Nan Grey, Tallulah Bankhead, Vincent Price
It’s Vincent Price’s birthday today. Let’s celebrate with a round up of some of the dishes cooked for the forthcoming Vincent Price cookbook by our wonderful volunteers. My co-writer Peter has published a sneaky peek of the proposed book cover...
by Jenny | 14 May, 2021 | Arlene Dahl
It’s a big day today. It’s 15 years since I wrote my very first blog post. Oh my! Back in 2016 I was a broken hearted singleton living on a houseboat and I was feeling very sorry for myself. I was rubbish at cooking and so in an attempt to cheer myself...
by Jenny | 12 May, 2021 | Vincent Price
I never cook rice. If Mr R is around the place and we are having curry or chilli or something else that requires a ricey accompaniment, he is in charge. He is the expert. Just as I am the expert in the scrambled eggs department. On a Sunday morning that’s my...
by Jenny | 8 May, 2021 | Mel Brooks
What do you stick into the DVD player when you are down in the dumps? If there one film that always lifts your spirits, or do you have a handful to choose from? I need to know my lovelies! I’m working on a new book. I’ve actually been working on this...
by Jenny | 2 May, 2021 | Ken Dodd
If you are not from the UK, you might not know who Ken Dodd is. Where on earth do I begin? I think for the purposes of this blog post, all you need to know is that his comedy schtick included tickling sticks Naturally, when I rustled up his Jambutty Pudding I had to...
by Jenny | 27 Apr, 2021 | Vincent Price
Potatoes fried in a large amount of butter are going to be good aren’t they? This is not clickbait to tease you into reading a disaster story about how potatoes fried in a large amount of butter turned out NOT to be good. Because they definitely were good (it...
