Ah, Mr. Hitchock. There is much debate about this quiche recipe. Hitch famously disliked eggs, but what is a quiche lorraine without eggs? Um, ham and some milk in a pastry case? Methinks perhaps it was raw eggs that gave him the heeby-jeebies but he liked them when cooked up like this. I expect it...

I’ve got my head down making last minute tweaks to the Columbo cookbook – my goodness what a lot of work!  It’s fun though, and I haven’t quite started panicking yet.  I’m putting cooking on hold a bit and trying not to be tempted by fabulous new recipes that keep popping up in my periphery....

The winner of the Hitchcock competition is Jane Tracy. Congratulations Jane! Usually my prizes are won by chums as lots of them enter, but this time the prizes go to someone I do not know, an unknown reader of the blog, and that is just lovely! I got lots of entries for this competition from...

I am celebrating all things Hitchcockian this month with a BIG COMPETITION.  Super-dooper prizes on offer and everyone can enter.  Here’s the scoop on Hitchcockian action a go-go. 1 – recipe of the month this month is Alfred Hitchcock’s Quiche Lorraine – skip over to the Recipe of the Month page for the recipe during...

I’ve been reading Pat Hitchcock’s biography of her mother and it is GREAT!  There are some of Alma’s recipes at the back and I based a meal around these.  But first we had some Joan Crawford canapes, her legendary salami sandwiches and some peanut butter and bacon toasts as above.  Sarah said they reminded her...

Ah, Alfred Hitchcock, King of Suspense and King of Quiche. This was obviously a favourite as he supplied a quiche recipe to two different recipe books. I must compare both recipes. Had a wonderful day on Saturday with lots of my old chums from the Walthamstow days. We sat out Ginger’s garden and scoffed the...

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