by Jenny | 15 Feb, 2022 | David Niven, Edward Woodward, Jack Cassidy
A conversation with a colleague way back in November reminded me of my pledge in 2017 that I would ALWAYS make a Jack Cassidy Quicky Green Bean Casserole for Thanksgiving. As I had a spare evening on my hands on the last Thursday in November, I decided to make one...
by Jenny | 30 Jan, 2018 | Jack Cassidy, Shirley Jones
I am very lucky to have Mr Rathbone in my life. He’s really good at proofreading. On Sunday, he was in bed with the Cooking With Columbo proof copy, and I was in the kitchen making City Chicken. Living the dream! I really love this “Meat...
by Jenny | 27 Dec, 2017 | Jack Cassidy
Rebecca and Jim emailed out of the blue and offered to test cook something for me. They both work at the awesomely named Choccywoccydoodah in Brighton and found the Silver Screen Suppers blog as they are Columbo fans and were looking for recipes....
by Jenny | 23 Nov, 2017 | Jack Cassidy
Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends. Love and miss you all, but especially my sister of the skillet Dr Caroline Frick! Something that rang true to me as a childless spinster, was something I read many years ago. When you don’t have children, you have...
by Jenny | 20 Nov, 2017 | Jack Cassidy
Fishy fishy! Two households recently enjoyed testing Jack’s excellent trout recipe. One in London, one in Hastings. Both sets of diners sent me excellent feedback for the Columbo Cookbook and some photos that made me exceedingly happy. ...
by Jenny | 19 Jan, 2017 | Jack Cassidy, Shirley Jones
When my chum Corinna was studying for her Masters degree, Vic promised her that when she finished, he would buy the three of us a KFC Bucket. Well, Corinna finished in 2011 and we are still waiting for our Bucket. In the 6 years that have passed, the KFC in Muswell...
by Jenny | 28 Nov, 2015 | Jack Cassidy
Battenburg Belle cooked a tremendous Thanksgiving dinner last night, ooh, it was marvellous. I’ve a feeling that might become an annual tradition, and why not? We don’t really do Thanksgiving here in the UK, but when everyone in the USA is...
by Jenny | 13 Nov, 2014 | Jack Cassidy
Ooh, move over Gordon MacRae’s Trout Almondine, this was great! Very flavoursome and weirdly, the trout was pinker than last night and the trout were definitely twins (bought side by side) so it must have been to do with the liquid I popped in the pouch, or the...