by Jenny | 7 Aug, 2015 | Florence Vidor, Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo, Janet Gaynor, Joan Crawford, June Knight, Marion Davies, Mary Pickford, Norma Shearer
Cripes. This party took place in September 2014, so my memories are now pretty dim, but this has just got to come off my “to do” list… The first part of my report was written soon after the party (sensible) and is here… My...
by Jenny | 21 Aug, 2013 | Mary Pickford
Oops – I missed one. Vic said: “Sponge based trifle cake in a drink form.” There are various versions of this cocktail online but we followed the recipe in the Stork Club Book: 2oz.rum 3/4 oz. pineapple juice 3 dashes grenadine Shake and serve in a 3...
by Jenny | 15 Aug, 2013 | Mary Pickford
Mr Rathbone liked these. He thought they tasted like “candied rum” – how poetic! He liked the photo too – saying that the parrot added a “touch of the tropical”. I think that I got the recipe from the Stork Club...
by Jenny | 8 May, 2007 | Mary Pickford
“The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.” I have finally cracked open the box of Biscuick that Rosalind kindly lugged all the way back from the USofA for me. I have two lovely 1930s recipe books for the weirdness that is Biscuick and...
by Jenny | 18 Sep, 2006 | Mary Pickford
“If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” Well, another sad and sorry singleton’s...
