by Jenny | 2 Jun, 2024 | Lana Turner
When I first started this blog way back in 2006 thought of it as an online diary. I just recorded the movie star dishes I had tried, without sharing the recipe or even a photograph. Remember the days when nobody took photos of their food?! I am always happy to share...
by Jenny | 27 May, 2021 | Charles Bronson, Diana Rigg, Eva Gabor, Frank Lovejoy, Henry Fonda, Ian Hunter, Ian Ogilvy, Jane Asher, John Carradine, Lana Turner, Lilian Gish, Lynn Bari, Margaret Lindsay, Nan Grey, Tallulah Bankhead, Vincent Price
It’s Vincent Price’s birthday today. Let’s celebrate with a round up of some of the dishes cooked for the forthcoming Vincent Price cookbook by our wonderful volunteers. My co-writer Peter has published a sneaky peek of the proposed book cover...
by Jenny | 7 Mar, 2014 | Lana Turner
What is scampi? It’s complicated. For me, the word scampi puts me in mind of something I loved when I was a little kid and my parents took me out to dinner. Scampi in a basket seemed like a VERY sophisticated dish for a pre-teen at the Berni Inn....
by Jenny | 20 Aug, 2013 | Lana Turner
In bed with Mr R, I bemoaned the fact that for Lana Turner’s Salsa I’d forgotten to get a comment. He said: “no comment” (he doesn’t like tomatoes). I’m super rich in leftovers and very happy with the whole spread Nathalie and I prepared with the excellent...
by Jenny | 16 Aug, 2012 | Lana Turner
Whenever I make salsa I can’t help reminiscing about a gorgeous hunk of a man who made some for me one night wearing a very sexy blue and white striped T-shirt. Ooh, he was a sight to see chopping those tomatoes. Yum yum. When I am on my deathbed I...
by Jenny | 1 Jun, 2011 | Lana Turner
My blues have disappeared. I’ve spent my lunchhour laughing out loud at some of the comments I’ve received about my Vincent Price Crocodile demonstration film. The Silver Screen Supperers sure aint daunted by the Spanish cucumber e-coli scare! They are...
by Jenny | 2 Dec, 2009 | Anna Sten, Colleen Moore, Greer Garson, Janet Gaynor, Katharine Hepburn, Lana Turner, Mae West
What a FANTASTIC afternoon we had in Cardiff at the Silver Screen Suppers event. There was a lot of love in the house and a LOT of cream cheese too! Chefs Ruth C, Katharine and Anita rustled up tonnes of Silver Screen Supper foodstuffs and the guests wolfed the lot...
by Jenny | 2 Sep, 2009 | Lana Turner
“I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.” I know JUST what you mean Lana. And I would rather wear a sparkly hairpiece like this than a shower cap when taking my morning plunge. I may ask my personal milliner Shellac Sister...
