Errol Flynn’s Resucitator

Errol Flynn’s Resucitator

Potential for a hangover fairly high this weekend? Here’s a cure! I had to test this myself for the cocktail book I am working on with Mr Rathbone as he is not a fan of tomato juice.  He has a way with words and almost always comes up with a pithy comment about...
Robert Mitchum’s Eggnog

Robert Mitchum’s Eggnog

It’s big, it’s boozy, it’s brilliant.  Robert said the following of his very Christmassy tipple, “This recipe will make five quarts. I make no apology for the excessive quantity on the theory that only a dope would go to the trouble for less.”...
The Shirley Temple Mocktail

The Shirley Temple Mocktail

When Rich Watson read that I was on a relocation vacation he kindly offered to write a guest post for the blog.  Thanks, Rich!  His lovely deep dive into the beverage known as the Shirley Temple follows. Some of you may remember that me and the mister made a video...
Dennis King’s Saratoga Cocktail

Dennis King’s Saratoga Cocktail

God bless the King.  Dennis King. Another classic cocktail from the brilliant Bottoms Up! cocktail book, published in 1928. This copy, with the original corkscrew still attached, is available to buy for a cool £4,000. The Saratoga is a classic for a reason, the...
The Charlie Chaplin Cocktail

The Charlie Chaplin Cocktail

I am a big fan of Richard Godwin’s online cocktail emporium The Spirits.  Recently I was delving around in there, reading about Apricot Brandy and I spotted this comment on the Charlie Chaplin cocktail. “The original recipe of this from the Old Waldorf...
A Bette Davis Cocktail

A Bette Davis Cocktail

During the first UK lockdown of the pandemic, me and Mr R made Friday night videos of the movie star cocktails we made when all the pubs were closed. It was loads of fun and we stuck all the videos on YouTube if you fancy having a look. Lots of cocktails were named...
The Diana Ross Cocktail

The Diana Ross Cocktail

Yinzerella of Dinner Is Served 1972 made a Mahogany Pie for this year’s Pieathalon and her blog post included some sensational clips of a movie I’d never seen.  Mahogany starring Diana Ross.  Just one look at these gifs convinced me I had to get hold of it...
Living My Life Like Jean Harlow

Living My Life Like Jean Harlow

When I think of Jean Harlow, I always think of her like this… so when I saw that my lovely internet chum Samantha of Musings of a Classic Film Addict was co-hosting a Jean Harlow Blogathon I thought to myself, I’m going to spend a whole day in bed wearing...
The Faye Dunaway Cocktail

The Faye Dunaway Cocktail

Had these last night to kick off my birthday celebrations. Why am I writing a blog post on my BIRTHDAY? Because Mr R is still asleep and I am over excited, so I am up and sitting by the gas fire waiting for festivities to begin.  We have SNOW in London today for the...
Hedda Hopper Cocktails

Hedda Hopper Cocktails

Last time Angus and Clive came round to dinner they brought LOADS of booze, including a bottle of bourbon, from which only a sip was taken.  They refused to take it home with them at the end of the night, so I promised to make them some Hedda Hopper cocktails aka...
The Louella Parsons Cocktail

The Louella Parsons Cocktail

All of the film star recipes I make and write about here have some kind of provenance.  They are either something the star claimed to make themselves, or something they stated was their fave thing to eat in a particular Hollywood eating establishment,  OR dishes that...
The Liberace Cocktail

The Liberace Cocktail

I got a tip-off from my favourite food blog Dinner is Served 1972 that the Liberace biopic starring Michael Douglas was a humdinger.  Yinzerella and her mom watched it on HBO celebrating the event with kaftans and a Liberace cocktail. Here in the UK we are VERY lucky...
The Ann Sheridan Cocktail

The Ann Sheridan Cocktail

Oh auspicious day!  Firstly I went to the bfi to be filmed talking about NEWTS for a television programme.  Then I got my tax return filed a week early.  Then I finally took the plunge and sent my book proposal to Unbound.  Ooh, I am so excited.  I do so hope that...

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