I work in a film archive and all of my colleagues are just LOVELY. It’s such a fab place to work and there is always fun to be had when a birthday comes around. A big pretence is made that we’ve all forgotten all about it and nothing is said until about 3pm when someone...
I can’t believe that I’ve been writing this blog for 12 years – goodness me. So much has changed in that time. When I began I was a broken-hearted singleton living on a houseboat on the Thames. My tabletop cooker had to be turned on with a pair of pliers… Now I am a landlubber...
This was perfect. Am I allowed to say that about a cake I made myself? I have Irene to thank for it of course, as her recipe is ace. But I have made this quite a few times now and this time was the best. I’m going to be a proper person, and write down...
This cake is a huge favourite of my work colleagues so when the lovely Flore left us for pastures new this week, I cooked one up in the wee small hours and took it in. This cake looms large in Flore’s legacy as she made one of these once and it was a big FAIL...
I got up early on Saturday to make a birthday cake for Mr R’s sis. I’d never made a cake in a gas oven before and I was a bit perturbed by the seemingly feeble temperature but it turned out fine in the end. I’m making another one of these tomorrow morning for the lovely...
It’s been a fabulous year at Silver Screen Suppers Towers and I’ve had fun looking through the year’s posts to pick out the highlights. The BEST thing I did, without a doubt, was the Vincent Price Halloween Cookalong. That created so much fun and hilarity not only at my place, but at other bloggers’ homes...
By request (by the birthday boy himself) I made Obi an Irene Dunne’s Vinegar Chocolate Cake for his big day at work. As usual, it wasn’t as good as the first time I made it. I wish, I wish, I wish, that I made real, proper, testing, testing, testing notes each time I cooked things. ...
Is this possibly the best Silver Screen Suppers chocolate cake EVER? It has pipped Gloria Swanson’s, Shirley Temple’s, Fred MacMurray’s and even Celia Johnson’s I think… This cake provoked more debate at work than any other I have ever made for my colleagues’ delight and delectation. Comments included “consistency is spot on” and from Lucy...
It’s a shame that the top of Irene’s head has been chopped off by my computer, her hairdo is ace. If I had the guts, I’d have mine cut like this so I could rock Irene’s look at the Vintage at Goodwood Festival next weekend. I’ve just been out and about in Camden and spotted...
“Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace.” Brand new test cook Kim sent over a report on her cooking of the shrimp dish. She also, much to my delight, sent a photo of the finished result which I shall load up to the Flickr site (you...
