by Jenny | 12 Jan, 2020 | Irene Dunne
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...
by Jenny | 14 May, 2018 | Bette Davis, Corinne Griffith, David Bowie, Elizabeth Taylor, Hal Linden, Irene Dunne, Joan Crawford, Natalie Wood, Ross Martin, Sophia Loren, Vincent Price, William Holden
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...
by Jenny | 17 Jul, 2016 | Irene Dunne
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,...
by Jenny | 3 Oct, 2015 | Irene Dunne
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...
by Jenny | 13 Oct, 2014 | Irene Dunne
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...
by Jenny | 30 Dec, 2013 | Andy Clyde, Irene Dunne, Myrna Loy, Vincent Price
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...
by Jenny | 15 Nov, 2013 | Irene Dunne, Uncategorized
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...
by Jenny | 16 Jul, 2013 | Irene Dunne
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...
by Jenny | 5 Aug, 2010 | Irene Dunne
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...
by Jenny | 25 Mar, 2010 | Irene Dunne
“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...