When I opened my box of tomatoes from the Isle of Wight and I saw the BIGGUN I knew exactly what I was going to do with it… But when I actually started constructing this most spectacular of working-from-home-lunches I reealised that this tomato was so massive, there was no way I could eat it...
My blog is 17 years old today. 1,741 blog posts. My goodness! So much water under the bridge and so many recipes tried, with only a few FAILS. I thought I’d do a little round-up of where I am up to with the Top 100. Let’s go! Counting down from #93 Andy Clyde’s Baked Ham...
Silver Screen Suppers Towers has moved to the seaside. I put my intention to do this out into the universe a few months ago, and a beautiful place to live has been handed to me on a plate with parsley around it! I have an absolutely wonderful kitchen and am planning some movie star recipe...
I love my local butcher, he really makes me laugh. When I went into The Hampstead Butcher in Muswell Hill to buy the pork for this recipe he was on top form. I told him I was working with Gene Tierney’s recipe from the 1940s. When I described her instructions for oven temperature and timings...
Here’s a suggestion of a beverage to accompany Gene Tierney’s Leaning Tower of Tuna (aka Tuna Salad Royal). A refreshing glass of V-8. I stumbled across a V-8 ad featuring Gene whilst writing the previous post and that of course, sent me down a huge research rabbit hole. I found two different ones for Gene…...
When I have a big tomato hanging around the place I am often compelled to do this to it… This dish was proposed in an advertisement for Star-Kist Tuna and I always think of it as Gene Tierney’s Leaning Tower of Tuna… I love the fanciful nature of this dish and sometimes fantasise about surprising...
The food I crave more than any other is TUNA so I am always looking for interesting things to do with it. This tower of loveliness absolutely fits the bill! I was thrilled to discover a whole heap of celebrity tuna recipes on the internet recently. Star-Kist Tuna had a great campaign involving movies stars...
