I can’t believe that I’ve been writing this blog for 12 years – goodness me. So much has changed in that time. When I began I was a broken-hearted singleton living on a houseboat on the Thames. My tabletop cooker had to be turned on with a pair of pliers… Now I am a landlubber...
I love it when my test cooks follow the film star recipe EXACTLY, as I personally tend to rigidly stick to doing what I am told… But I also love it when they put their own take on a recipe. Work colleague and cake-baker-extraordinaire Neil Owens sent me a report on his version of this...
This is my absolute FAVOURITE Silver Screen Suppers dish. Out of the many hundreds I have made, this is the best. Sanja and Sasa loved it too. Sanja is my friend from Belgrade. She cracks me up, as does her brother Sasa. Nights at their place always involve a lot of food, and a lot...
Something weird has happened to my emails and I’ve lost the request for the recipe for Ross Martin’s Chocolate Mousse that came via the contact page. So I do hope that the person who requested it, will read this and forgive me for not responding directly. Mind you, I might have imagined it… Still, it’s such a...
You know that feeling when you have the very first mouthful of something, and you can’t help but close your eyes at the sheer deliciousness of it? So it was with Ross Martin’s Beef in Anchovy Cream, made for our New Year’s Eve din dins. I’m going to make very grand claims for this recipe. ...
For New Year’s Eve I made the MOST DELICIOUS FILM STAR DISH EVER, Ross Martin’s Beef in Anchovy Cream – oh my days, as the kids say. More on that soon… For pudding I made chocolate mousse to Ross’ recipe but only half quantities as it was just me and Mr R for dinner. This...
