When this much anticipated book written by the Grand Poobah of Columbo, arrived on my doorstep on Donald Pleasence’s birthday, it seemed PORTENTOUS! I use the term Grand Poobah very much in a respectful way as per the first definition below, not the second definition at all, because Columbophile is anything but pompous. He’s hilarious....
This is probably the simplest recipe yet in 15 years of writing about movie star recipes (I’m not counting the Dean Martin Burger). I am as pleased as punch that I discovered some shortcuts for making Donald’s curry that meant even though I was SMASHED on beer after an afternoon at the pub with Mr...
I had such fun doing my first ever Instagram Live with my Guild of Film Writers chum Bruce McMichael tonight. We were talking about the book Nobs and Nosh which contains thoughts from many movie stars about food, and a few recipes. I made one of them, the Donald Pleasence Prawn Curry while we chatted....
I can think of lots of names for Donald’s curry. Donald Pleasence’s Weird Curry. Donald Pleasence’s Bizarre Curry. Donald Pleasence’s No Chop Curry. Last but not least, Donald Pleasence’s Troublesome Curry. But he calls it No-Name Curry, so No-Name Curry it is. I don’t blame Donald for his curry being troublesome. I blame John West....
