by Jenny | 10 Sep, 2024 | Carole Lombard, Movie Star Cocktails
This is fast becoming a favourite tipple here at Silver Screen Suppers Towers. It’s from the 1933 Celebrity Cocktail Book – which would be a perfect Christmas prezzie for a loved one. There are only 50 or so left of the facsimile copies I commisioned so...
by Jenny | 28 Jan, 2013 | Carole Lombard
Made with one hand only! My other was in a sling after a spectacular tumble on the cobblestones of Camden Market. It was quite a drama with lots of lovely stallholders coming to the rescue and work chums fussing and looking after me as I sat in reception...
by Jenny | 29 Sep, 2010 | Carole Lombard
Some might say it is a rotten rainy night in London but I rather like it – especially as I’ve been in all evening rather than scouting for boys at the Circulus gig. I rather fancied seeing if I could bag myself a bearded boy but the lure of an almost full...
by Jenny | 24 Sep, 2010 | Carole Lombard
I really intended making Carole’s soup tonight but I admit it, I got too drunk. Since moving into the Palace of Solitude, Fridays have become the most significant night in my (un)social calendar. I wriggle out of all and any invitations and scurry home so that...
by Jenny | 27 Aug, 2010 | Carole Lombard
I am not normally a jealous person but when a new test cook in the USA sent me a photo of the stove on which she cooks I went BRIGHT GREEN with envy. A 1936 “Magic Chef” cooker that is a joy to behold. Check out the picture on the Flickr page – Magic Chef. Rebecca...
by Jenny | 11 Jul, 2010 | Carole Lombard
Well I learned several lessons making Ronald’s pie last night. First one was that a small mistake in a recipe can cause absolute chaos! This is why I am so grateful to all my test cook volunteers, because if I make a howler like there was in Ronald’s,...
by Jenny | 3 Jul, 2010 | Carole Lombard
I feel a bit like that today Carole – yipee! The first ever Silver Screen Suppers newsletter has gone out today and our first cookalong begins. I wonder how many folk around the world will try out Carole’s Barbecued Spare Ribs in July – if you do...
by Jenny | 27 Jun, 2010 | Carole Lombard
Shoulders! They are playing the National Anthem and I am feeling all tearful and worried for our boys. COME ON ENGLAND! It’s such a momentous match, so very exciting. I’m watching it at home as I am hosting a post match barbecue so have to tend to...
by Jenny | 7 Jun, 2010 | Carole Lombard
Oh Carole! Lounging poolside on a fur rug, only YOU could get away with that! Well on Saturday the entire contents of my lock-up were transported in a van and carried up four flights of stairs by two beefcakes for hire and 5 true and trusted friends. Everything is...
by Jenny | 20 Sep, 2009 | Carole Lombard
“Don’t kiss and talk about it – men don’t.” OK then Carole, I will keep schtumm. Carole looks so MODERN in this photo, so much so I am going to double check with the lovely Carla over at www.carolelombard.org just to make sure it is really her… Back from a...
by Jenny | 13 Aug, 2009 | Carole Lombard
“You ought to see the map for my face in the Makeup Department. It looks like a landscape of the moon.” I’ve been dying to post this amazing picture of La Lombard for ages and now I get my chance. Dorothy over at the British Film Institue made Carole’s...
by Jenny | 25 Jan, 2009 | Carole Lombard
“Every cent anybody pays in tax is spent to benefit him. There’s no better place to spend it. I enjoy this country and I really think I get my money’s worth.” I’ve had my head in my hands most of this month, worrying about my tax return. I finally...
by Jenny | 29 Jul, 2008 | Carole Lombard
Just coming up for air after the madness of the past couple of weeks. Entering into a new period of calm. Watching Judge Judy during the day and looking for a job. The folks came for lunch last week and I had another bash at Carole Lombard’s Cherry Pie. My ma...
by Jenny | 16 Jun, 2008 | Carole Lombard
“I live by a man’s code, designed to fit a man’s world, yet at the same time I never forget that a woman’s first job is to choose the right shade of lipstick.” It was the night of the Carol(e)s last night as Ruth had a dinner party for 7 in tribute...
