I’m organising a Murder, She Wrote Watch Party on Sunday – everyone is welcome, wherever you are in the world! All the details are in this Substack post if you’d like to join in, it’s going to be loads of fun. The episode we are watching features the fabulous Rue McClanahan. Is she the murderer?...
Ever since we embarked upon the Heinz 57 Project I’ve been thinking that I must make this again. It’s in the Columbo Cookbook as Richard Basehart is in the Dagger of the Mind episode, and I had a feeling Mr R would love this one. If you are a carnivore, you probably will too. Obviously...
Every year the lovely Columbophile mentions my Cooking With Columbo book as a nice thing to buy for a Columbo fan as a gift. This year I get to return the favour by recommending HIS brilliant book, which is brand new and fabulous. The Columbo Companion – any Columbo fan would be cock-a-hoop to receive...
There isn’t any cooking going on at Silver Screen Suppers Towers as I have finally succumbed to Covid. I’m mostly sleeping and knitting with the occasional wobble to the kitchen for a Lemsip. So perhaps now is a good time for me to tell you about something I’ve been meaning to mention for ages. This...
For all you Peter Falk fans, I thought I would gather together photos of all of his favourite recipes in one post. All these recipes are featured in the Cooking With Columbo book. Signed copies are available via my Etsy shop Otherwise you can order the book from your local bookshop or get it directly...
We had such an amazing afternoon at Staying Cool’s apartment hotel atop the Rotunda in Birmingham on Sunday. To celebrate Peter Falk’s birthday a group of Columbo superfans gathered together in a beautiful Staying Cool penthouse suite. We raised our glasses to toast the best television show ever and ate Johnny Cash Chilli. The chilli...
My chum film-maker Sarah Akrobettoe challenged me to make a cooking demo video over Easter and I did it! It was so much fun to make and edit. I did it all in one day, as my mum would say “all by my own self” on Easter Monday – and I am stupidly proud of...
Murder Under Glass is the BEST Columbo episode for foodies. There is so much brilliant stuff going on with Cioppino, “Bon Snacks” biscuits and Japanese blowfish I cannot even begin to explain… If you have never seen it, seek it out on DVD and get yourself a bottle of Margaux and a Spong Corkette and...
