- by Jenny
- Groucho Marx
Those lovely folks at www.eatdrinkfilms.com have again made my column look super dooper with great photos of various Marx Brothers with various foodstuffs. This was my favourite: If you fancy having a Marx Brothers dinner party, skip over to Eat Drink Films for the recipes –...
- by Jenny
- Dorothy Sebastian, Gloria Swanson, Joan Crawford
In the queue for the closing screening at the Silent Cinema Festival in Bo’ness, Mr Rathbone said: “Hippfest is everything I like about the world.” I knew exactly what he meant and heartily agree. We had an absolutely wonderful time at the...
- by Jenny
- Mary Astor
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice. I mean Bibelot, Bibelot, Bibelot… My new guest post is up on the lovely Bibelot blog this week…. These little crispy celery sticks are really, really tasty. Surprisingly so… So if you’d like to know how to make them, nip over to Bibelot…
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- by Jenny
- Bette Davis
It was lovely to get a mention in The Scotsman last week… it put the wind up me a bit though… I have no idea where they got the notion that I’d be making a Bette Davis Marmalade cake! It’s not exactly going to...
- by Jenny
- Shirley Temple
I’m getting very excited about my Taste of the Silver Screen workshop at the Hippfest Silent Cinema Festival in Bo’ness in Scotland on Sunday. I’ve been doing lots of maths to work out how many slices of bread I need for 250 canapes, and roughly estimating how...
- by Jenny
- Theodore Bikel
My penpal and fellow film star recipes fan, Greg of Recipes4Rebels, sent me a meat loaf recipe recently that had raisins in it. I was a bit alarmed. Still, as I have discussed here at length previously, we Brits don’t know anything about meat loaf,...
- by Jenny
- Elizabeth Taylor
I’m often asked what my favourite film star recipe is. This one would be in the top ten for sure. It’s so easy, and so delicious. It’s absolutely fail-safe, so I chose it for the book group when I couldn’t find my Cooking Price-Wise...
- by Jenny
- Jocko Marx
Straight in with a bullet to NUMBER ONE in the Silver Screen Suppers Hit Parade, is Jocko Marx with his Herring Potatoes. I really think that is the most delicious dinner I have made in over 9 years of cooking film star recipes. It’s one of...
- by Jenny
- Katharine Hepburn
My lovely chum Nathalie Morris has written a fab piece on the bfi website about Katharine’s Brownies. Check it out here… Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies I’ve had variable results with Katharine’s recipe (good batch – bad batch) but this might be due to the fact I use the...
- by Jenny
- Sophia Loren
March already tomorrow? Crikey! Sophia was pulled out of the pack for this month’s recipe: and there were plenty to choose from. Sophia is definitely an expert cook, she’s written several cookbooks… The one below I really want to get hold...
- by Jenny
- William Shatner
I can’t tell you too much about this chicken apart from that it was GOOD. The moral of the story is, if you don’t write about it soon after you have cooked it, you won’t remember a blinking thing about it. I made it for...
- by Jenny
- Mariposa
Bibelot, bibelot, bibelot. What a lovely word. And what a lovely magazine my fabulous matchmaking neighbour Chloe Owens has created… It is absolutely gorgeous – check it out – Bibelot – mmmmmmm. I’ve written a little something for the magazine, it includes a recipe for Canapes...
- by Jenny
- Dorothy Sebastian
I had my stopwatch out last night, timing Mr Rathbone making some of these as I’m going to be showing folks how to make them at a Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema event on Sunday 22nd March – can you come?! It’s in Bo’ness...
- by Jenny
- Dick Van Dyke
What springs to mind when you think of Dick Van Dyke? Is it this? Me too. Until recently. Now it will be this: Dick’s chicken recipe was tops. It led to a rousing rendition of “Chick-Chick-eree, Chick-Chick-eree Chick-Chick Che-roo” from Mr Rathbone and...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
This recipe and over 30 more of Joan’s favourites can be found in Cooking With Joan Crawford – only available from Blurb. Are you having an Oscars party? Here in the UK it starts around midnight but I know quite a few people who...
- by Jenny
- Oskar Werner
This was fab. Really refreshing and zingy. Mmm. Cucumbers are a fruit! (said in a Vincent Price voice…) This recipe came to me via a reader of the Silver Screen Suppers blog who is now a penpal – Greg Swenson. Greg is as obsessed with film...
- by Jenny
- Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes
Oh the folks over at www.eatdrinkfilms.com have made my column this month look utterly terrific! Nip over there and have a look – Eat Like the Stars. The recipe for this delicious cherried brownie-type cake is there in all its glory, and here’s...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
I was single for 8 years (with some little hiccups along the way) so I do know what it’s like when Valentine’s Day is on the horizon and you haven’t got a significant other. But this year, as last, I do have a lovely Valentine and...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
It’s my annual spinster’s day! I do so love to have a day to myself now and then, doing exactly whatever the hell I like. Today is such a day. I am on annual leave, and still in my pyjamas at 1pm with no intention of...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
If only I had the plane fare to Los Angeles I would be there… For more details about the 50th Anniversary Edition of the Treasury of Great Recipes, register with the Cooking With Vincent website… Soooooooooooooooooooooo excited!
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- by Jenny
- Lee Grant
Here is a really good chicken recipe from Lee, who I love. Soon after I’d cooked this I did some rummaging around on the internet and I discovered that she had recently published her autobiography. I snapped it up, raced through it and heartily enjoyed it. ...
- by Jenny
- Sophia Loren
My dad once told me that when he was younger, Sophia was his favourite pin-up. Is it any wonder? There are probably more photos of Sophia Loren with food knocking around the internet than any other actress. This is partly of course because she loves...
- by Jenny
- Sophia Loren
Have you ever gorged on fondue and woken up the next day feeling as though your whole body is composed of cheese? I have, a couple of times. Tonight I went to a fantastic “Butter Workshop” organised by the Guild of Food Writers and...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
Have you ever had haggis on a pizza? I did on Burns Night and it was DELICIOUS! It was my chum Nathan who came up with this idea and he guided me through the process at a pizza extravaganza for 6 at Silver Screen Suppers Towers...
- by Jenny
- Jayne Mansfield
Here in the UK, when we think of meatloaf we think of this fella rather than the foodstuff. As Mr Rathbone put it last night “In the 60s and 70s, with our kind of background, there is no way you would...
- by Jenny
- Patrick O'Neal
Mmm. Boeuf de Bourguignon… This was delicious but more mushy than Burt Lancaster’s version, I guess that’s what makes it a ragout? Patrick O’ Neal obviously knew what he was doing food-wise, not only was his recipe really good, he actually had his...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
Things are hotting up here in advance of Victoria Price’s visit to London to launch the 50th Anniversary edition of The Treasury of Great Recipes. I’m involved in planning an event that will combine a film screening with a feast of food based on recipes in...
- by Jenny
- Ross Martin
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...
- by Jenny
- Andy Clyde, Stuart Erwin
Are you revving up for Sunday? I’ve got tartan serviettes and the most awesome Scottish themed shot glasses at the ready for our wee drams. Photos will follow! For now though, here’s a link to my January column over at Eat Drink Films where you’ll find...
- by Jenny
- Anne Baxter
Supreme? In what way is this supreme Anne? I’m disappointed in you! Mind you, I should have known just by reading the ingredients, but I liked the SOUND of it, so I decided to make it. A good recipe name can do a lot...
- by Jenny
- Roddy McDowall
I love red cabbage and I made some of this to accompany the Corinne Griffith’s duck that we had at Mr R’s place over the festive season (recipe of the month January 2015 if you fancy trying it…) The day I decided to make it I...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
My life has been changed forever by this book, I hope… A fair bit of toot and 30 books have left the building already, and there will be more sliding out the door over the next 6 months. For that’s how long the process is...
- by Jenny
- Richard Basehart
Mental! Ha ha, these were bonkers but utterly delicious. I loved the recipe. Basically, fill your grill pan (brolier pan) with baked beans then sprinkle some parsley and brown sugar on top. Then split some frankfurters, bung on some mustard and dill pickles slap them...
- by Jenny
- Ross Martin
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...
- by Jenny
- Corinne Griffith
Mr Rathbone cooked a duck for our very own Christmas luncheon and I was chuffed when he said he wanted to use Corinne’s recipe. It was again utterly delicious, and I’ve decided to leave the recipe up as recipe of the month for January so do...
- by Jenny
- Susan Clark
I think it was Heather that said of this project that it was a folly of my own making, and it is absolutely true. I am COMPELLED to make these crazy film star recipes, even when I sometimes look at them askance and think: that sounds...
- by Jenny
- Edmund Gwenn
On the Sunday before Christmas I had a “local drinks for local people” party and served the traditional EG Christmas Cup. This time, I put all the spices in a little muslin bag and this was a very good idea. Here’s the recipe in case you...
- by Jenny
- Jimmy Stewart
I absolutely love it when readers of the blog get in touch with me. I’ve made chums that I will probably never meet in person this way, have swapped celebrity recipes with folks all around the world and have received some delightful photographs of people...
- by Jenny
- Corinne Griffith
Aw, the lovely folks over at EatDrinkFilms have made a beautiful job of illustrating my column this month which is all about Corinne’s Christmas Pudding recipe. I particularly like this picture they chose, and I’ll be putting this headdress on next year’s list for Santa...
- by Jenny
- Corinne Griffith
When my mum offered me a frozen duck to take home when I visited recently she didn’t have to ask twice. It was a wild duck, shot by my brother on one of his expeditions. Now, I am not The...
- by Jenny
- Uncategorized
All the lovely people who hosted Joan Crawford dinner parties in November made me so, so happy. Seeing their photos and write-ups just made my year. Love the lovely internet! Everyone who participated went into a prize draw and one lucky person won a...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
Ah, I am quite sad that this will be the last post about the lovely Joan party, it was so much FUN! But all good things must come to an end and I have to send special BRAVOS to Dottie and...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
I love, love, love this photo of “Alfonse” at my folks place in Suffolk announcing the menu for their Joan Crawford Dinner Party. My mum’s verdict on the steak: “Delish” seemed to be the universal reaction from around the world. ...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
Next on the menu for the worldwide Joan-fest were Danti-Chips. One of the proofreaders for my JC cookbook said that he’d searched high and low on the internet for a reference to Danti-Chips, so that he could check the spelling. The only...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
Kicking off my reports on the wild parties that went on all around the world to launch my Cooking With Joan Crawford cookbook, here are some lovely pix featuring the Joan Crawford Cosmo – a cocktail invented by yours...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
If you like melon and you like proscuitto you’ll like these! Joan also suggests slices of fresh figs or wedges of fresh pears for your present wrapping skills… As the mention of going to see The Specials seemed to spark a lot of interest on the...
- by Jenny
- Bette Davis
This month’s column is up over at www.eatdrinkfilms.com and it looks lovely. My neighbour’s dog Ringo gets fame at last! Chewing on the Bette Davis Ham Bone! Both recipes are there and both are delicious. I am especially fond of Bette’s...
- by Jenny
- Jack Cassidy
Ooh, move over Gordon MacRae’s Trout Almondine, this was great! Very flavoursome and weirdly, the trout was pinker than last night and the trout were definitely twins (bought side by side) so it must have been to do with the liquid I popped...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
If I am ever asked if there is anything I don’t eat, I usually say, “I’m a bit weird about mushrooms, aubergines and shellfish but everything else is fine”. If I’d been around in the 1930s and 1940s I would have defintely added “and vegetables set...
- by Jenny
- Gordon MacRae
I had fully intended making Jack Cassidy’s “Trout in a Pouch” tonight but completely forgot to buy Chablis. I didn’t think some old bit of undrunk, unidentified white wine hanging around the place would quite do, so that will be for tomorrow’s tea instead. I’m trying...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
It’s the One Reeler Film Club at the Cinema Museum tonight so I have made a cake. It smells and looks delicious but I’ve never made it before so I’ll have to wait until tonight to find out how it tastes. If it is good,...
- by Jenny
- Dean Martin, Margaret Rutherford
This sounds a bit like a Caker Cooking recipe. Ingredients – beef, salt, bourbon, TV tray. That’s it! After last night’s excitement I was shattered and didn’t have the energy to leave the house, so missed the lovely Sara & Russell’s party, and the legendary Nitty...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
Photos are coming in thick and fast from all around the world of Joan themed dinner parties and I am just so thrilled! I’ve had pix from Greece, Australia, the US of A, the UAE, Devon, Cornwall, Walthamstow, round...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
Joan’s recipe for Coleslaw appeared in the genius book “My Way of Life” and is a little bit vague. This to my mind is always a sign that the person writing the recipe really knows what they are doing. I am someone who likes to have every...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
Cutting the crusts off a loaf of bread then covering it with half a pound of butter sounds like a crazy thing to do right? Yes, I thought so too. When I told Mr R how much butter was involved in making this he made...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
It’s out! My book is unleashed upon the world and naturally I am over-excited. You can check it out here, and if you click on the big picture when you get there, preview the first few pages. Aint it cute?! I am inordinately proud of...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
See my cookbooks! See my kitchen! See my kitchen record player with glasses of champagne on it! Watch out, this starts off without sound then “Let There Be Drums” kicks in loud.
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- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
Every single man jack of you is invited to my Cooking With Joan Crawford book launch on Saturday. As I can’t fit you all into my flat I’ve organised a virtual reality dinner party that everyone can participate in, wherever you...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford, Vincent Price
These were unanimously enjoyed at my Halloween party (although approached somewhat gingerly by a couple of guests). Liver is a funny thing. Here in the UK a lot of us associate it with school dinners. A tough lump of stuff dipped in...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
Just a quick link to a lovely piece on the website of my lovely local butchers – Morley Butchers in Crouch End. I only popped in for a ham bone yesterday and it set in motion a wonderful chain of events…. Vincent Price’s Goulish Goulash….. I...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
Simple and classic. Rye bread, smoked salmon, capers and lemon wedges. I can’t remember where I got these lovely round rye bread slices but I think it might have been the beloved Scandikitchen. Or it might have been Budgens in Crouch End as they...
- by Jenny
- Jean Arthur
This post is in response to a sort of “request” from my twitterchums @getTV (www.get.tv), who linked to one of my posts about Jean Arthur’s Chocolate Fudge yesterday for National Chocolate Day. Way back when I made it in 2009 I just couldn’t get it to...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford, Movie Star Cocktails
I pressed the “publish” button for my book on Friday – eek! I’ve been celebrating all weekend. Here I am, cocktail in one hand, proof copy in the other. Don’t I look pleased with myself?! Well I AM pleased with myself. It was a lot...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
Joan’s directions for this recipe were to put a tablespoon of mint ice in the bottom of a tall stemmed glass before adding strawberries and pineapple and dusting with powdered / icing sugar. I wasn’t sure what she meant by mint ice so I froze some...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
This is probably the weirdest thing I have made in over 8 years of trying the favourite recipes of movie stars. Very weird indeed. Did I eat it? Well, I tried it. I ate about half of one of these delightfully shaped cheese balls… It...
This is the first part of a whistle stop tour of the dishes served at the fourth testing party for the Hollywood Cocktails and Canapés book Nathalie and I are planning to cobble together. Phew. Most of these dishes will probably make...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
It must be wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy past my bedtime because Janice Long is on the radio. For young folks, or my chums who are not UK based, this is basically the equivalent of going to a really fabulous party, leaving, and then finding out that it’s...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
I’ve just spent a glorious weekend at the seaside with 4 very old and very dear friends. This month marks a major anniversary of the year that we as fresh faced young idiots left our family homes and went to the esteemed...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
There was much sniggering in my open plan office when I made a phone call and said, “can I order three pigeons please?” James who sits behind me said, “can’t you just get them from outside the railway station?” Followed by,...
- by Jenny
- Clark Gable
I knew I had made one of these before, because of the post-it notes on my recipe book. But there was no blog entry for it. Mysterious… Mr Gable might have enjoyed this… But for me it was a terrible failure… Even Betty Crocker’s...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
I had a day off work yesterday to finish the Cooking With Joan Crawford book. Is it finished? Sort of. MAN it’s been a lot of work. I have a renewed admiration for all cookbook writers and Frank DeCaro in particular. ...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
In my fading memory, Lemon Meringue Pie was something my mum made for us all when we were kids (I have four siblings) and in my mind’s eye I see massive peaks of meringue all browned on the edges like this one by James Martin… BUT,...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
Does anyone remember Ask The Family with Robert Robertson? My favourite thing about that show was the section where they showed an extreme close up photograph of an everyday object like a can opener, and the family had to guess what it was. They...
- by Jenny
- Irene Dunne
I got up early on Saturday to make a birthday cake for Mr R’s sis. I’d never made a cake in a gas oven before and I was a bit perturbed by the seemingly feeble temperature but it turned out fine in the end. I’m...
- by Jenny
- Ralph Bellamy, Uncategorized
I am always attracted to recipes with weird names, so this chili was a must: – El 2-Alarm de Fowler – en el estilo de Bellamy. I’m guessing that this basically means 2-Alarm chili in the style of...
