by Jenny | 12 Sep, 2023 | Cooking The Detectives, Rock Hudson
I had some cooked chicken hanging around the place before I moved house, and this looked like a good way of using it up. What a nice surprise it was when this “doesn’t look much on paper” recipe turned out to be absolutely scrumptious. Bravo Rock!...
by Jenny | 21 Jul, 2023 | Cooking The Detectives
I am a stickler for sticking to recipes, so naturally, I made this on a Sunday. Just like Vincent Price’s Friday Chicken, it would have seemed wrong to make it on a day other than the one specified. This was on the test-cook list for the forthcoming Cooking the...
by Jenny | 16 Jul, 2023 | Cooking The Detectives, David Suchet, When Bloggers Meet or Collaborate
Calling all Poirot fans! I have a treat for you. Every now and then, Taryn from Retro Food for Modern Times and I do a cookalong together. If you put an enormous skewer through the planet with the top of it going through London, it would probably emerge somewhere...
by Jenny | 6 Jun, 2023 | Cooking The Detectives, Susan Saint James
I have had a huge jar of pearl barley on my kitchen counter for around 5 years. I look at it on a regular basis and think, “I must use that for something”, when I probably should be thinking, “I am going to throw that away.” But here comes...
by Jenny | 18 May, 2023 | Cooking The Detectives, David Soul
I’m knuckling down to writing the Cooking the Detectives book, and next week is POIROT week. But which screen representation of Poirot? Chatting to some friends about Miss Marple, we all agreed that everyone has their favourite Marple, but I’m guessing the...
by Jenny | 11 May, 2023 | Cooking The Detectives, Telly Savalas
For the forthcoming Cooking the Detectives book I’m trying to work on one sleuth per week. Last week it was KOJAK! I’m writing a guide to a “taster episode” for each show and there will be a recipe from the kitchen of the actor who plays the...
by Jenny | 28 Apr, 2023 | Cooking The Detectives, Tom Selleck
Cor! This was good. But no wonder, it’s got loads of things I love in it. Plus I made it with fancy truffle mayonnaise. I think Tom would be proud of me. Here’s what you need. Under construction (I used an ice cream scoop as instructed). Voila! Easy...
by Jenny | 17 Apr, 2023 | Cooking The Detectives, David Suchet
It’s traditional to have roast lamb over Easter here in the UK, so David’s recipe was plucked from the “to test” pile for Good Friday. It’s a bit of a strange one, and I’m not sure it will make it into the Cooking the Detectives...
by Jenny | 7 Apr, 2023 | Cooking The Detectives, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
For Christmas one of my gifts from Mr Rathbone was an offer to test cook three dishes for the forthcoming Cooking the Detectives book. The first one he went for was Robert Wagner’s Chili and on Friday night he rustled up the second. It was LUSH. The sauce is...
by Jenny | 16 Mar, 2023 | Cooking The Detectives, Julia McKenzie
Well this one was a pleasant surprise! I thought this would be a soufflé affair, but actually it turned out to be a much more veggiecentric dish which was surprisingly delicious. This was on the “to test” list because Julia McKenzie is one of the Miss...
by Jenny | 15 Feb, 2023 | Cooking The Detectives, Robert Wagner
For a Christmas gift Mr Rathbone pledged to test 3 recipes for the forthcoming Cooking the Detectives book for me. What a lovely present! This was the first one ticked off the list. A very tasty chili courtesy of Robert Wagner. The above pic was taken before the...
by Jenny | 15 Jan, 2023 | Cooking The Detectives, Joan Hickson
What a treat this was! Such a simple recipe, but utterly delicious. I only have two recipes for Joan in the collection, the other is for marmalade. I was going to try both, to see which one would be best suited for the forthcoming Cooking the Detectives book, but...
by Jenny | 7 Dec, 2022 | Cooking The Detectives, Diana Dors, Heinz 57 Challenge, Richard Basehart, Sharon Gless
The beans I used in Richard Basehart’s Frankfurter and Beans were Heinz Beanz pimped up thanks to a Sharon Gless recipe, so that dish was a kind of Columbo/Cagney & Lacey mash-up. I’ve made Sharon’s beans before and they are GOOD. A shortcut to...
by Jenny | 30 Nov, 2022 | Cooking The Detectives, Raymond Burr
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...
by Jenny | 9 Nov, 2022 | Cooking The Detectives, Paul Michael Glaser
When I was a pre-teen, everyone at my school went bonkers for Starsky & Hutch. We begged our parents to let us stay up and watch it and all girls of my age either fancied Starsky or Hutch. Same with Donny Osmond and David Cassidy, you had to state your allegiance...
