by Jenny | 3 Jun, 2017 | Constance Bennett
Spring has finally sprung here in London – I think – and now we are on the way to summer. We’ve had a few false starts. Here’s a way of cooking chicken that feels summery to me somehow. Constance provided this recipe to...
by Jenny | 7 Feb, 2013 | Constance Bennett
I’m in bed with the heated blanket on listening to Friday Night is Music Night on R2 and it is FANTASTIC because it the theme is “Bond and Beyond” so there is tonnes of John Barry stuff and now they are talking about Hitchcock. The BBC...
by Jenny | 15 Jan, 2011 | Constance Bennett
Here’s Constance “donning the silks” as I believe the Panther once put it and posing with a curtain. It’s a good look isn’t it? I might try it next time someone tries to take a photo of me. I’ve been putting off re-testing this...
by Jenny | 20 Jan, 2010 | Constance Bennett
I was very down in the dumps yesterday. Uncharacteristically well and truly fed up and when I got home I was feeling very sorry for myself indeed. But there on my doormat was a small parcel, addressed to me. This was a surprise as only my mother and my sister know my...
by Jenny | 18 Nov, 2009 | Constance Bennett, Deanna Durbin, Joel McCrea
Yes, I know it’s too early to start thinking about Christmas but I just couldn’t resist! I can only imagine the shenanigans going on Stateside regarding the wedding of the century. I think it is all out in the open so I hope I’m not giving the game...
by Jenny | 30 Jul, 2008 | Constance Bennett
Version 3 of Constance’s chicken was the best so far, by far. The secret being having a whole fresh chicken hacked into bits by the crazy Wood Street butcher I think. As Connie put it, “Take 2 fat hens jointed as for frying…” Rosalind came over...
by Jenny | 10 Feb, 2008 | Constance Bennett
“I’m a lot more sartorial than thespian. They come to see me and go out humming the costumes.” It was lovely to be rustling up Constance’s chicken for 3 whilst Grace and Jack were rehearsing their country songs in the dining room. They were on fine...
by Jenny | 6 Jul, 2006 | Constance Bennett
“I turned my hair dark and have received much better parts ever since.” Omigoodness the day I had yesterday. I know just how Joan felt having to drag that dead body up the beach in “The Reckless Moment”. I was completely shattered by a combination of...
by Jenny | 19 Jun, 2006 | Constance Bennett, Gracie Fields
Aha! It makes my heart glad to see that America’s Sweetheart of Song is now cooking away out there in the Lone Star State. Go Ruthie! One re-run and one near disaster on the cooking front this weekend. I made Constance’s chicken dish for the delight of El...
by Jenny | 16 Jun, 2006 | Constance Bennett
“I’m a lot more sartorial than thespian. They come to see me and go out humming the costumes.” Delicious, delicious, delicious. Constance was spreading her cometary glory all around our island last night as we scoffed her Spanish Chicken on the fuel pontoon....
by Jenny | 15 Jun, 2006 | Constance Bennett
A change of plan for Edmund’s dinner tonight as Carole’s ribs take aeons to cook. Instead we will be having Constance Bennett’s Spanish Chicken. E sent a textual message asking “will it be touched by her cometary glory like James Agate...
