Shelley Winters’ Caesar Salad

Shelley Winters’ Caesar Salad

Happy New Year! I spent Christmas with my mum and watched a lot of telly.  For ages I have been trying to remember the name of a game show I accidentally watched once that had me crying with laughter.  I just couldn’t for the life of me remember the name.  When...
Clark Gable Salad

Clark Gable Salad

It is TOO COLD for salads at the moment here in London and the thought of having one makes me shiver.  But it’s hot elsewhere in the world right?! Years ago, in 2013, I came upon a mention of this on the internet. The Clark Gable Salad, on the MGM commissary...
Murder, She Wrote Watch Party Tonight!

Murder, She Wrote Watch Party Tonight!

Tonight’s the night my fellow Cabot Covians!  Join me for a fun watch party wherever you are in the world. Fans of Murder, She Wrote will all watch the episode together in their own homes and natter about it via a private chat room hosted on my Substack –...
Raymond Burr’s Chili Supreme

Raymond Burr’s Chili Supreme

I am never going to use dried beans again (unless a movie star specifically tells me to).  They never, ever go soft for me, no matter how long I cook the little beggers.  I cooked the beans for this chilli as Raymond directed me to, with salt pork (in my case...
Christmas is coming!

Christmas is coming!

Every year the lovely Columbophile mentions my Cooking With Columbo book as a nice thing to buy for a Columbo fan as a gift. This year I get to return the favour by recommending HIS brilliant book, which is brand new and fabulous.  The Columbo Companion – any...
Richard Arlen Recipe Round-up

Richard Arlen Recipe Round-up

Richard Arlen is trending! Well, he’s trending here at Silver Screen Suppers Towers anyhow! I absolutely love it when blog readers get in touch, either via my Contact Page or via comments on posts.  It makes me feel as though I’m not talking into the void....
Donald Pleasence’s No-Name Curry

Donald Pleasence’s No-Name Curry

When this much anticipated book written by the Grand Poobah of Columbo, arrived on my doorstep on Donald Pleasence’s birthday, it seemed PORTENTOUS! I use the term Grand Poobah very much in a respectful way as per the first definition below, not the second...
Ron Masak’s Recipes

Ron Masak’s Recipes

I was so sad to hear that Ron Masak had travelled to that Hollywood in the sky this week.  He was my favourite of all the Murder, She Wrote co-stars, playing the wonderful character of Sheriff Mort Metzger. I am picturing Ron and Angela chatting over a cup of tea and...
Charlie Drake’s Cottage Pie

Charlie Drake’s Cottage Pie

Hello my darlings!  Those of you who know Charlie Drake will hear his voice ringing through your head saying that line, I’m sure. When researching Heinz recipes for the Heinz 57 Challenge, I stumbled upon something BRILLIANT.  A promotional film split into two...
Angie Dickinson’s Honeymoon Sandwich

Angie Dickinson’s Honeymoon Sandwich

Now that the Murder, She Cooked book is out in the world I have a bit of breathing space and I’m rummaging around in the blog drafts archive for things I hadn’t quite finished. Here’s a LONG one about our Covid postponed honeymoon for those who would...
Feeling Thankful

Feeling Thankful

After the very sad news this week that our much loved Angela Lansbury has gone to that Hollywood in the sky, I thought I would share some joyful photographs of my book launch.  I truly hope that anyone who owns a copy of my Murder, She Cooked book can see it was...
(Potentially) Marilyn Monroe’s Cheese Lasagne

(Potentially) Marilyn Monroe’s Cheese Lasagne

Excitement is mounting about the movie Blonde. I haven’t had a chance to see it at the cinema so I’ll be tuning in on Wednesday when it premieres on Netflix.  It’s been a long time since I’ve had a bit of event TV in the diary and I’m...
Jerry Stiller’s Chicken Soup With Kreplach

Jerry Stiller’s Chicken Soup With Kreplach

One night I said to Mr Rathbone over, and over and over again, “This is the funniest film I ever saw” about The Independent starring Jerry Stiller. The next day I could remember nothing about it.  Zilch.  Nada.  So we resolved to watch it again on...
Robert Stack’s Duck a l’Orange

Robert Stack’s Duck a l’Orange

In the run up to my Murder, She Cooked publication day I am sharing some of the wonderful feedback I’ve received from test cooks.  Here’s the verdict on Robert Stack’s duck recipe from Matthew Lenton an old friend who somehow found me on social media...
Angela Lansbury’s Kitchen Sink Salad

Angela Lansbury’s Kitchen Sink Salad

Sunday was International Angela Lansbury Appreciation Day and I wanted to show my appreciation not only for the wonderful Dame Angela this week, but also for all the fabulous people who tested recipes for the forthcoming Murder, She Cooked book.   There is no way I...
Book Launch News!

Book Launch News!

Greetings friends!  The Murder, She Cooked book will be released into the world TWO WEEKS TODAY.  Oh my!  I am sooooooo excited.  I’ve just realised I haven’t shared the cover yet with my lovely blog readers so here you go… Fun eh?  A big thank-you...
Angela Lansbury’s Cottage Pie

Angela Lansbury’s Cottage Pie

The Murder, She Cooked book is almost finished! Publication date is Friday 30th September and I’m hosting a zoom cookalong on Sunday 2nd October at 7pm GMT – everyone is welcome, spread the word!  You can check what time this will be wherever you are in...
Olivia Newton John’s Salad Nicoise

Olivia Newton John’s Salad Nicoise

I was really sad when I heard that ONJ had headed off to that Hollywood in the sky. A thing that brought me extreme joy in the first pandemic lockdown was dancing with over a hundred other writers to Xanadu at the end of one of the London Writers’ Salon’s...
Paul Sorvino’s Rigatoni Bolognese

Paul Sorvino’s Rigatoni Bolognese

This is another recipe destined for the Murder, She Cooked book.  Naturally, I was tempted to add some paper-thin slices of garlic, created with the aid of a razor blade, as we see Paul Sorvino’s character Paulie do in Goodfellas. But I resisted!  No garlic in...
Recipe of the Month – Vincent Price’s Bloody Marys

Recipe of the Month – Vincent Price’s Bloody Marys

It was such fun to have a zoom party celebrating the launch of the paperback and Kindle versions of the Supper with the Stars book last week.  Peter always makes his events so much fun. Folks brought along dishes they had made from those featured in the book including...
Annie Ross’ Potato Salad

Annie Ross’ Potato Salad

What a lovely, lovely, lovely present to receive in the post. THE HAIR! This gift came from my dear friend Mark Brisenden, from the estate of Mr Pointon.  It is glorious.  Firstly, because there are so many appealing recipes within, and secondly because Annie Ross is...
Van Johnson’s Salmon Salad (Tinned)

Van Johnson’s Salmon Salad (Tinned)

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...
Angela Lansbury’s Angie’s Power Loaf

Angela Lansbury’s Angie’s Power Loaf

STOP PRESS!  All of the writing and tweaking and editing for the Murder, She Cooked book is done – yippeee.  I was wandering around with a feeling of great satisfaction and smugness and then FIVE MINUTES AGO I found an Angela Lansbury recipe on the internet I...
Peter Falk’s Avocado

Peter Falk’s Avocado

There isn’t any cooking going on at Silver Screen Suppers Towers as I have finally succumbed to Covid.  I’m mostly sleeping and knitting with the occasional wobble to the kitchen for a Lemsip.  So perhaps now is a good time for me to tell you about...
Pearl Bailey’s Jean’s Broccoli

Pearl Bailey’s Jean’s Broccoli

I love Pearl’s way of pimping up broccoli and I am trying to perfect this easy side dish as I eat A LOT of these little green trees.  The version I did today was good, but I think I can double the garlic next time. I’m experimenting with black garlic paste...
Ethel Lloyd’s Chicken Livers With Curry

Ethel Lloyd’s Chicken Livers With Curry

These were DELICIOUS!  I am under Doctor’s Orders to eat liver once a week so am experimenting with various recipes.  This one is from the earliest collection of actors’ recipes I know of from 1916. I did a bit of research on Ethel Lloyd, she appeared in...
Alan Hale Jn’s Skipper’s Dream Sandwich

Alan Hale Jn’s Skipper’s Dream Sandwich

Here’s one for all you Gilligan’s Island fans.  I’ve never seen Gilligan’s Island, I don’t think it ever screened here in the UK so if anyone has a recommendation of a particular episode for me to seek out – please do let me know....
Stanley Tucci Spaghetti With Lentils

Stanley Tucci Spaghetti With Lentils

When I told Mr Rathbone that Stanley Tucci had written a food memoir he said, “He could write a book about his slippers and they would publish it.”  As documented in this blog previously, Mr Rathbone is very understanding about my celebrity crush on Yul...
Ron Leibman’s Hoo-Ha Chicken

Ron Leibman’s Hoo-Ha Chicken

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...
Diana Dors’ Flageolet Beans with Tuna

Diana Dors’ Flageolet Beans with Tuna

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...
Fay Wray’s Steamed Artichokes

Fay Wray’s Steamed Artichokes

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...

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