Vincent Price Quiche Lorraine

Vincent Price Quiche Lorraine

I’ve gone Quiche crazy.  Preparing for the Highgate Horticultural Society competition on Saturday.  I couln’t decide between Alfred Hitchcock’s and Vincent’s but my work colleague Obi just clinched it.  He said of today’s...
Vincent Price’s Coleslaw

Vincent Price’s Coleslaw

What a few days!  I cannot begin to express what an amazing day I had at the Paralympics on Thrilling Thursday.  I thought my eardrums would burst when David Weir won his race the sound in that stadium was unbelievable.  It was a day full of love and...
Vincent Price’s Coq au Vin Rouge a L’Averngate

Vincent Price’s Coq au Vin Rouge a L’Averngate

It is day one in my new academic diary and it is time for this old kazoo to go back to school.  My intensive 6 month writing boot camp with Lisa Clark begins today.  I took the day off work and have been writing like a machine.  My new project Movie...
Vincent Price Burgers

Vincent Price Burgers

And then the mice came…  I think my romance is well and truly over.  What a shame.  I was having a conversation with my 12 year old chum Jessie about it on the bus the other day and when I said it wasn’t going well she said, “Oh dear.  And...
Vincent Price’s Tortellini Palermitana

Vincent Price’s Tortellini Palermitana

It’s time to start eating things from the freezer.  First up, some of Vincent’s Tortellini.  It was good.  Real comfort food as yet again, someone has bust my balloons… I’m Tired I’m not exactly sure what happened but I...
Vincent Price’s Calf’s Liver and Avocado

Vincent Price’s Calf’s Liver and Avocado

Yes, it was as weird as it sounds and looks.  I’d been wanting to try it since I saw the recipe because I love avocado and I love liver.  I knew it would be weird though, fried avocado?  Hot avocado?  And yes, it was strange  But kinda...
Vincent Price’s Herb Bread

Vincent Price’s Herb Bread

Behold His Majesty The Loaf. I love making bread.  You have to be having a spinster’s day in really, for all the sticking it in a warm place to rise and then kneading it and letting it rise again, but really it’s a lovely thing to do.  Vincent’s...
Vincent Price’s New Year Vol-au-Vent

Vincent Price’s New Year Vol-au-Vent

Happy New Year to all my readers.  2012 is going to be a humdinger I can just feel it! Last night I saw off the old year in style with Corinna and Kate.  We had Vincent’s New Year Vol-au-Vent which was a splendid looking mega pastry full of turkey, bacon,...
Vincent Price’s Crostata Di Mele (Apple Tart)

Vincent Price’s Crostata Di Mele (Apple Tart)

My heart nearly burst with pride this morning when I got an email from my mum praising my pastry!  I’d taken up some mini apple pies I made to a Vincent Price recipe last time I visited and she said, “We had your tartlets yesterday, they were really...
Vincent Price’s Cucumber Crocodiles

Vincent Price’s Cucumber Crocodiles

There has been much Cucumber Crocodile action this week over at the Vincentennial Cookblog and I’m very excited to tell y’all that I’ve got an article about Vincent Price on lovefilm.com today – Happy Halloween On the contributors page I am next to Jean...
Vincentennial Party

Vincentennial Party

Happy Birthday Palace of Solitude and Happy Birthday Vincent Price!  This weekend marks the first anniversary of my move to Silver Screen Suppers Towers and the start of the Vincentennial.  The 100th anniversary of Vincent Price’s birth was on Friday and last...
Daring Cooks Challenge – Vincent Price’s Gumbo

Daring Cooks Challenge – Vincent Price’s Gumbo

This month’s challenge over at the Daring Cooks was gumbo.  I’ve only ever cooked gumbo once before – for Rosalind and Montgomery many moons ago when I was cat sitting at the Tessa Cohen mansion.  The challenge for us UK based cooks was not really...
Vincent Price Goulash

Vincent Price Goulash

Ooooh Roland’s Rissoles were GOOD!  I have so much mixure left though.  I may attempt to make little canape rissoles for tomorrow night’s New Year’s Eve extravaganza chez Charley and Corinna. I am so proud of myself.  It’s been a busy night. ...
Vincent Price / Vilma Banky Goulash

Vincent Price / Vilma Banky Goulash

Had a long conversation about how cold it gets on a houseboat with Jan at work.  He has just bought one and I told him he would soon become obsessed with trying to keep the fire alight when he wasn’t there.  When I lived on the little floating caravan beside...
Vincent Price’s Sweetcorn Fritters

Vincent Price’s Sweetcorn Fritters

Oh how I am loving the spinster life!  Had a fabulous day today.  Wallowed in bed with coffee and The Archers until 11.15 then made myself some Fritters for brunch.  Yum yum yum. Mooched up to Alexander Palace to go and see my friend Shane’s art installation. ...
Vincent Price’s Hungarian Goulash

Vincent Price’s Hungarian Goulash

To say that my housewarming was a humdinger would, I think, be an understatement.  What a wonderful and crazy night it was.  I tried to make a list of everyone who rocked up, I got to 61 people and then realised I was still drunk so had to stop…  It was...
Vincent Price’s Sweetcorn Fritters

Vincent Price’s Sweetcorn Fritters

“I sometimes feel that I’m impersonating the dark unconscious of the whole human race. I know this sounds sick, but I love it.” I am learning a lot about the dark unconscious of the human race this week Vincent, but luckily I am also doing things to...
Vincent Price’s Peppered Steak

Vincent Price’s Peppered Steak

“It’s as much fun to scare as to be scared.” It’s Halloweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen. How exciting. The pumpkin is carved and on the doorstep, there are treats to be dished out to any children of the night that come round to call and I have a very, very, very large...
Vincent Price’s Pepper Steak

Vincent Price’s Pepper Steak

“A man who limits his interests, limits his life.” It warms the cockles of my heart (and believe me at the moment they need warming) to hear from test cooks who don’t know myself or Ruth, but just like the idea of being involved in our cooking project....

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