by Jenny | 9 Sep, 2020 | Karen Valentine, Murder, She Cooked
Whenever I stick something in a marinade I am always very pleased with the results. It is such an easy way to infuse flavour, I have no idea why I don’t do it more often. When my social support bubble were coming for a picnic a few Saturdays ago, on the night...
by Jenny | 5 Sep, 2020 | Angela Lansbury, audrey meadows, Barbara Babcock, Craig Stevens, Diana Canova, Hayley Mils, Jackie Cooper, Jane Withers, Julia Campbell, Keith Michell, Leann Hunley, Linda Purl, Murder, She Cooked, Ron Masak, Sally Kirkland, Tippi Hedren, Wings Hauser, Yvonne de Carlo
I spent my hen night in prison. Cabot Cove Prison to be precise. Cast your mind back to a time before Covid-19. When you could invite 15 of your best friends round to ALL BE IN THE SAME ROOM AT THE SAME TIME without the police being called and you getting fined...
by Jenny | 23 Jul, 2020 | Angela Lansbury, Murder, She Cooked
You know how satisfying it is when you find the right tool for the job? And how the smallest thing can give you an immense amount of pleasure in these strange lockdowned times? Here’s a tiny tale of one such thing. This is a beautiful bottle of delicious...
by Jenny | 20 Jul, 2020 | Murder, She Cooked, William Gallo
Pink food is weird. This was tasty (no doubt because essentially, it was mostly cream and vodka) but it was a very odd colour. I made this on a lovely summer’s evening after my daily constitution. It was a typical British summer kind of evening… The first...
by Jenny | 12 Jun, 2020 | Mike Connors, Murder, She Cooked
Oooh, this was GOOD! Proper old fashioned fodder with no fancy herbs and spices. Just a hearty amount of vegetables and super succulent lamb chops after two and a half hours in the oven. Perfect for a Saturday evening in lockdown. In the Cop’s Cookbook the title...
by Jenny | 30 Mar, 2020 | Abby Dalton, Murder, She Cooked
Written in the days where you could have friends and family around for lunch! Recently I read an article which asked whether people were getting tired of food blogs which featured really long rambling personal stories to wade through before getting to the recipe. It...
by Jenny | 28 Feb, 2020 | Angela Lansbury, Murder, She Cooked
This is a recipe that I am going to have to work on a bit for the Murder, She Cooked book as I think there must be a typo in Angela’s recipe. Here’s a scan of the recipe from Angela’s fabulous Positive Moves book. I did make some vinaigrette to this...
by Jenny | 22 Jan, 2020 | Ian Ogilvy, Murder, She Cooked, Vincent Price
“Well, who would have thunk it?” as my mum often says. I must admit, I decided to test this recipe for the Murder, She Cooked book myself as I didn’t think anyone would volunteer for it. It doesn’t sound very exciting does it? But surprise...
by Jenny | 28 Dec, 2019 | Murder, She Cooked, Ruta Lee
How was your Christmas kittens? I had a LOVELY time. I ate too much naturally but everything was delicious! Now I am craving a salad, and as this post has been in my drafts folder for several months, here it is! I actually made this in the summer and planned to stick...
by Jenny | 12 Dec, 2019 | Murder, She Cooked, Raphael Sbarge
If it is beans in a soup you are after, this is it. There are a LOT of beans in this soup. In fact, there is not much soup, mainly just beans but it is TASTY. All the veggies cook down into a delicious green mulch which is really flavoursome. Sometimes it’s good...
by Jenny | 8 Dec, 2019 | Jameson Parker, Murder, She Cooked
When I was a singleton I had a couple of years of bliss living with two crazy women called Lucy and Gaby. We rented a house together in Walthamstow, E17 and had an absolute hoot. They are both highly entertaining and lovely women. Yes, this was a hen...
by Jenny | 25 Nov, 2019 | Angela Lansbury, Murder, She Cooked, Susan Anton
I have been in heaven for a week on a writing retreat in deepest, darkest Shropshire. I was here… and as A.E. Houseman put it Clunton and Clunbury,Clungunford and Clun,Are the quietest placesUnder the sun. Especially when you have a writing room all of...
by Jenny | 8 Oct, 2019 | Angela Lansbury, Murder, She Cooked
I wanted to make something to mark the end of the Murder, She Wrote Cookalong and a return to normal life, and this salad was always going to be it. It was fresh, healthy and delicious. Everything you would expect from a recipe Angela included in her wonderful book...
by Jenny | 6 Oct, 2019 | Bill Brochtrup, Cesar Romero, Gloria DeHaven, Hayley Mils, Jane Withers, Jayne Meadows, Joan Leslie, John Gabriel, Kate Muldrew, Linda Blair, Martha Scott, Murder, She Cooked, Richard Johnson, Ron Masak, Susan Anton, Susan Strasberg, Tom Bosley, Tom Selleck
One of the best things about having a blog is connecting with folks all around the world who are game for anything! So today’s testers are based in Australia, the USA, Canada, Finland and Greece as well as here in good old Blighty. Thanks so much, you wonderful...
by Jenny | 5 Oct, 2019 | Carol Lawrence, Cornel Wilde, Loretta Swit, Murder, She Cooked, Ron Glass
I do a LOT of cooking so if someone offers to cook for me, I am in heaven! Some lovely, lovely people invited me to partake in the Murder, She Cooked recipes they were testing. I had a blast. Just as when Jessica and Seth cook and eat together, I am happiest when...
by Jenny | 4 Oct, 2019 | Donald O'Connor, Eleanor Parker, Karen Black, Murder, She Cooked, Samantha Eggar
I’ve been thrilled by how many people have signed up for the cookalong. Some are blogger friends I only know through the ether, some are friends in real life, and some I don’t know from Adam! I am having so much fun reading and compiling all the feedback....
by Jenny | 2 Oct, 2019 | David Soul, Dean Jones, Farley Granger, Lee Merriweather, Madlyn Rhue, Murder, She Cooked
My work chum Julie Gambling will probably be the first to admit that she doesn’t cook much. She offered to try Farley Grainger’s Baked Potatoes With Chives and cooked these for her folks on a visit to Norfolk. She says, “After my parents got over the...
by Jenny | 1 Oct, 2019 | Angela Lansbury, Barbara Babcock, Jerry Orbach, Joey Bishop, Murder, She Cooked, Robert Pine, Ron Masak, Susan Strasberg
Greg Swenson of the Recipes for Rebels website and book of the same name is a creative genius. He designed the cover of my Cooking With Columbo cookbook (and proofread it I might add!) He also designed all my lovely Murder, She Wrote Cookalong graphics Greg made not...
by Jenny | 30 Sep, 2019 | Angela Lansbury, Diane Baker, Jessica Walter, John Saxon, Lynn Redgrave, Murder, She Cooked
Hoorah! It’s time for the Murder, She Wrote Cookalong! I have been overwhelmed by the amount of folks who have volunteered to test recipes for the forthcoming Murder, She Cooked book and I love you all! The next few days will be all about the...
by Jenny | 28 Aug, 2019 | Jessica Walter, Murder, She Cooked
I have gone on, and on, and on in the past about how much I love Caesar Salad so this post will be short and sweet. This is the third movie star Caesar I have tried. See here for Grace Kelly’s recipe and here for Ruth Roman’s. My beloved Ruth playing...
by Jenny | 18 May, 2019 | Michael Learned, Murder, She Cooked
When I was young, I absolutely LOVED The Waltons, and I cannot think of Michael Learned without thinking of her as the mother of the clan. But Michael is also in Murder, She Wrote so she’s on my test cooking schedule for the next book… Recently I invited...
by Jenny | 8 May, 2019 | Angela Lansbury, Murder, She Cooked
My goodness, this is a HUMDINGER of a recipe. I love cheesecake and I thought I had never made one before, but then I remembered Marion Davies’ Meadow Cheesecake. Whereas Marion’s was GOOD, Angela’s recipe is utterly BRILLIANT. Hence, it is this...
by Jenny | 22 Apr, 2019 | Murder, She Cooked, Ruth Roman
Since making Grace Kelly’s Caesar Salad I’ve been inclined to have a couple of heads of romaine lettuce in the crisper rather than little gems. That is the first time I’ve ever used the word CRISPER, but you know what I mean, that drawer that is at...
by Jenny | 16 Apr, 2019 | Gloria Stuart, Murder, She Cooked
Cakey, cakey, bread, bread! When I first looked at this recipe, I thought it was going to turn out like soda bread. It kind of did, but it was much more like a cake than bread. I liked it, but good toast it did not make. The mixture was very batter-y I’m...
by Jenny | 14 Apr, 2019 | Murder, She Cooked, Richard Anderson
The Six Million Dollar Man was one of the programmes I remember begging my parents to let me watch when I was a kid. Starsky & Hutch was one of those too. Richard Anderson played Oscar Goldman in The Six Million Dollar Man, and those of a certain age will remember...
by Jenny | 9 Mar, 2019 | Farley Granger, Murder, She Cooked
I am a fan of the baked potato. I love them. Especially the Pat Phoenix way of pimping them up with sardines! But of course, sour cream and chives is a classic pairing, so testing this recipe for the Murder, She Cooked book was a breeze. It’s a very simple...
by Jenny | 27 Feb, 2019 | Jan Smithers, Murder, She Cooked
It’s Real Bread Week here in the UK and on Saturday I rustled up a loaf to Jan’s recipe. This recipe marks the start of me testing for the Murder, She Cooked book and is up for grabs over at the Murder, She Wrote Cookalong page. I’ve been thrilled...
by Jenny | 16 Feb, 2019 | Angela Lansbury, Murder, She Cooked
In her brilliant book Postitive Moves Angela Lansbury gives women of a certain age lots of excellent advice on living a healthy, vibrant life. As I AM a woman of a certain age, I decided to follow her life plan for a day. I lived my life like Angela Lansbury and loved...
by Jenny | 10 Feb, 2019 | Angela Lansbury, Murder, She Cooked
I’ve been wanting to try this recipe for ages as I am pretty obsessed with making bread. Me at the nephew’s brewery with a few loaves Angela is the same, in her brilliant book Positive Moves there’s a great photo of her making bread with the caption,...
by Jenny | 25 Jan, 2019 | Angela Lansbury, Murder, She Cooked
On Sunday I am planning to live a whole day like Angela Lansbury. I am going to follow her guide to healthy eating… and I am going to do the Positive Moves workout… Then in the evening I am going to watch Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher’s...
