There is no denying that these were a big hit.  One minute the plate looked like this: The next minute it looked like this: I didn’t even get one!  These were the first thing to get completely scoffed. I’m going to make this again because it is a combination of two things I love –...

Nathalie made some of this at home and brought it over in lovely bottles with hand made labels.  Tres chic and very tasty.  Directions were to add water, but as the party progressed, guests diverted from this and topped it up with Prosecco – booze hounds!  A bit like a Bellini.      Nathalie had the...

I’m off to Charley’s for dinner tonight so have made some of his favourite pudding – Ginger’s Coffee Parfait – and used up the last of my homemade Bisquick making some of Joan’s cheese straws. I’ve eaten about 18 of those already, I think they are GORGEOUS. Hope I have room for Charley’s chicken dinner....

My heart nearly burst with pride when I saw the photos of three test cooks I have never met cooking up a storm one Sunday for the Silver Screen Suppers project. Nathalie, Zsa Zsa and Esther obviously had a whole heap of fun making Rudoph’s Spaghetti and Ginger’s Parfait. I’ve put all the pics up...

Hello sailor!!! I am loving Ginger tonight because unlike her Butterscotch Date Pudding, the Coffee Parfait is a resounding success. Ginger has gone from having the worst ever Silver Screen Suppers recipe to having one of the best. SCRUMPTIOUS! Oh yum, yum, yum. Mind you, I had to eat the little bit of Ida Lupino’s...

“Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in high heels.”     My sorority girls proved their mettle this morning when we shared Ginger’s Butterscotch Pudding for breakfast. Who in their RIGHT MIND eats tapioca? When boiled with water it turns into frog spawn and when butter, sugar and dates are added...

“My love for ice cream emerged at an early age – and has never left!” Well, I attempted Ginger’s “Coffee Parfait” last night which would have been some kind of ice cream I guess if I hadn’t made such a mess of it. I feel I was the victim of what Ruthie […]

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