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...
