- by Jenny
- Doris Day
YUM. Mmmm. This recipe was good. Made for Easter Monday when I organised a little celebration of the glorious entity that is Doris Day. She was ninety recently and hearing her on the transistor radio chatting to Michael Ball the other day, she is...
- by Jenny
- Diana Dors
I am on a diet. Boring but true. As I was home alone on Bank Holiday Monday I thought I’d check out what Diana recommended for breakfast on the X-cel Diet. I have much to say about Diana and her diet. In fact, am slightly...
- by Jenny
- Gene Barry
Do you talk in your sleep? I sure do. Mr Rathbone wrote down some things I said last night. The first bit went as follows: Me: I don’t know where to start baby, shall we start with the big first Columbo? Does that have the snow toast...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
I won an Oscar last week! Well, the film archiving world’s equivalent of an Oscar. I am the proud recipient of the Focal International Footage Employee of the Year Award. Look how happy I am about it. It’s a bit like winning the Best Actress at...
- by Jenny
- Benny Hill
I am a Hammerton (it’s my surname) and I love beer. Can you imagine how happy I was last Wednesday to be at the soft launch of the HAMMERTON BREWERY?! My genius nephew Lee has resurrected a Hammerton business dormant since the late 1950s,...
- by Jenny
- David Niven
David Niven was plucked from the pack for this month’s recipe of the month and it’s a goodie. I love fish cakes. I like the way David writes a recipe too… I’m going to transcribe his recipe exactly as he wrote...
- by Jenny
- Tippi Hedren
My neighbour (and matchmaker extraordinaire) Chloë has asked me to write something for a pitch she is doing for a publisher. She’s creating a brand new magazine and it sounds like it will rock. I might have a regular column about film star recipes. Am...
- by Jenny
- Katharine Hepburn
It was annual Duckie Day chez Mr R yesterday and he cooked up a divine combination of perfectly roasted duck, corn on the cob, brussels sprouts, roast potatoes and roast parsnips. Bloody gorgeous. I wanted to make a cake but was somewhat...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
When I was single Buckingham Eggs was my regular “Spinster Saturday” treat. I love this stuff. Anchovies. Mmmm. Eggs. Mmmmm. Cheese. Mmmmm. I was on my lonesome most of the weekend before Easter, and I had a bit of a trip down memory lane to those...
- by Jenny
- Uncategorized
I am so proud of my lamb cake I had to share it, even though it is not a film star recipe. What do you think? When I first put his googly eyes on he looked a bit worried… But not as worried as when...
- by Jenny
- James Mason
I have decided. I am no good at making jam. This was my third attempt at this jam and although I thought it was pretty much a fail, the judges at the Muswell Hill Horticultural Show thought differently and awarded it second prize. I’m not going...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
After the disaster that was Myrna Loy’s Shortbread I wasn’t sure about entering this category for the MHHSSS (see previous post) but I spotted this recipe in The Treasury of Great Recipes and it sounded good. And good it certainly was. I did everything exactly to...
- by Jenny
- James Mason, Vincent Price, Viveca Lindfors
Helped by the stars of the silver screen, I won a TROPHY on Saturday. I won the Cookery Cup at the Muswell Hill Horticultural Society Spring Show. GET ME! Quite frankly I am exhausted, so I’ll be having an...
- by Jenny
- James Mason
I have had one huge success and one huge failure in the kitchen this week… You know how it is when the hardest person to please can make you the very happiest by damning with faint praise? I spent last week in charge of making sure...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
I am shocked to the core. Today when I got home from work, the Muswell Hill & District Horticultural Society Handbook and Schedule of Spring, Summer and Autumn Shows 2014 was on my doormat. Despite assurances from the committee that the cookery categories would...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
Chocolate mousse was obviously a big favourite in the world of puds for movie stars. I have recipes by Deborah Kerr, Jack Hobbs, Moira Lister, Raymond Burr, Rose Martin, Wendy Toye, Agnes Ayres, and Carol Burnett. There are possibly more tucked away under other...
- by Jenny
- Burt Lancaster
Today I have a fabulous report from my old mucker Gus. When I lived on a houseboat Gus lived on the boat next door and much fun was had by us shouting at each other through our respective kitchen windows, feeding the swans...
- by Jenny
- Elizabeth Taylor
A couple of people recently have asked me what my favourite film star recipe is. For a long time I have said Marlene Dietrich’s Lamb Chops En Casserole but I have switched recently to Liz’s chicken. It is...
- by Jenny
- Lana Turner
What is scampi? It’s complicated. For me, the word scampi puts me in mind of something I loved when I was a little kid and my parents took me out to dinner. Scampi in a basket seemed like a VERY sophisticated dish...
- by Jenny
- Asta Nielsen
Last night I had the best meal of my life. After it was all over, I was in a kind of dumbstruck food shock state. Everything had been so wonderful, I eventually announced: “That’s the best meal I have ever eaten that I...
- by Jenny
- Mary Martin
Mr Rathbone loves toad in the hole so for Valentine’s night I decided to do chicken in-a-toad-in-the-hole-style. Hen in the hole if you will… For me the chicken was not finger licking… I was in one of those fearful cooking moods. The chicken was top quality...
- by Jenny
- Rochelle Hudson
The date of the Muswell Hill Horticultural Society Spring Show has been set and the cookery categories have been announced – exactly the same as last year. Hence much good-natured rivalry between myself and Battenburg Belle has commenced. Coffee Cake is the only category I have...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
Hereby follows a fabulous guest post by Uncle Vic, my ex boyfriend, current neighbour and lover of all things Vincent Price related…. This was Vic’s challenge for the Vincent Price Halloween Cookalong, but he was poleaxed by lack of cooking...
- by Jenny
- Clark Gable
Ooh, I do love venison. It is so rich and delicious and flavoursome and lean and it always seems extravagant. Clark’s method is a really nice way of cooking it – marinating it for aaaaages in red wine, oil, vinegar...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
I promised a little monthly update on book writing progress so here goes… Like Elvis, my book has left the building. It’s gone over to Lisa at Write the Freakin’ Book for a big picture edit. Gulp. Lisa will be the...
- by Jenny
- James Garner
Stop press! James Garner’s daughter Gigi got in touch via Twitter about this recipe. She thinks it may be her grandfather’s recipe rather than her father’s. I am devastated! I knew JG was a judge for the National Chili Championships so assumed that this recipe (published...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
When I made the Vincent Price Chinese Chicken on Saturday afternoon I followed his instructions to sip on a “New Fashioned” as I basted my chicken every now and then. I always do as Vincent suggests, because he KNOWS so much stuff about eating and...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
On Saturday night I had to take a buffet style dish to “Strictly Fortismere” a Strictly Come Dancing type affair at my god-daughter’s school. Her mum (Battenburg Belle) in a moment of madness had volunteered to do a tango. It was brilliant. And VP’s Chinese Chicken...
- by Jenny
- Hattie McDaniel
This is one of the easiest recipes destined for the book and one of the nicest too. I really love it. But then, sweetcorn is one of my ultimate top three super-foods. 1 = Peanut Butter. 2 = Sweetcorn. 3 =...
- by Jenny
- Claudette Colbert, Rita Hayworth
I wanted to make a special cake for Battenburg Belle’s birthday and this is the most special one that I know of. Claudette says to get hold of an angel cake and then give it...
- by Jenny
- Virginia Verrill
First the recipe, then lots of stuff about tidying food cupboards and a genius Burns Night… 1 pint milk 4 egg yolks 4 tablespoons sugar Pinch of salt Lady fingers or sponge cake Sherry wine Scald milk in a double boiler. Beat the egg yolks,...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
Mmmm. Yes. I do like these. Mr R however, has something against stuff that “moves around on the plate” so I made him a naked version with the sauce on the side. He took dainty tastes of it from the tip of his knife. He’s...
- by Jenny
- Paul Newman
Some nights you just need a steak and tonight was one of those nights. Luckily due to the 3 yearly freezer amnesty, I happened to extract one yesterday and marinated it as per Paul’s instructions ready to grill when I got home from work – sooooo...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
Mmmmmmmmarmalade… This marmalade is darn good. Reminds me a bit of Rose’s Lime Marmalade for some reason. (thanks to fab new website discovery The Middle Class Handbook for the pic) Do quinces taste like limes in some circumstances? I do not know, because I’m not sure...
- by Jenny
- Burt Lancaster
It was a miserable rainy day here in London on Saturday and perfect for spending all afternoon in the kitchen. Burt’s beef bubbled away on the stove and I made a fancy shepherd’s pie too. When I went to Suffolk to my folks for Christmas I...
- by Jenny
- Charlie Chaplin
I attempted this once and ended up with an inedible block of chewy pastry surrounding a pile of undercooked apples – mmm – doesn’t this look nice? but Battenburg Belle offered to have a go, and of course created something divine. Fork...
- by Jenny
- Gracie Fields
Ee by gum! Mr Rathbone had the choice of anything he wanted for his pre birthday dinner and he selected Toad in the Hole. Last time I made this for him I did Vincent Price’s recipe but this time I chose our Gracie’s –...
- by Jenny
- Andy Clyde, Irene Dunne, Myrna Loy, Vincent Price
It’s been a fabulous year at Silver Screen Suppers Towers and I’ve had fun looking through the year’s posts to pick out the highlights. The BEST thing I did, without a doubt, was the Vincent Price Halloween Cookalong. That...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
Every year since 2006 my chum Heather and I go on a romantic mini break. It stems from the days we were both single and we got fed up with all our friends going away with...
- by Jenny
- Joan Crawford
Wishing all my readers wonderful times with their friends and families over the festive season. More fabulous food and drink suggestions from Joan, Bette, Clark, Carole, Clara, Mae, Vincent and all my other favourites coming in 2014. I raise a turkey leg and a...
- by Jenny
- Peter Finch
I’m a big fan of Johna Blinn who wrote the Celebrity Cookbook. It’s a fab, fab, fab weighty tome published in 1981. But despite my 8 years of trawling around the internet for film star recipes I have only just found out that she wrote...
- by Jenny
- Corinne Griffith
As Chief Executive of Silver Screen Suppers I have made an executive decision. No newsletter this month and therefore no new recipe of the month. So Basil’s curry is up for another month – yipee! Life is just too crazy in December with birthdays, Christmas,...
- by Jenny
- Madeleine Carroll
Hmm. This looked cute in my new punchbowl but would probably be more of a summer picnic drink than a fully fueled alcoholic party drink. Guests kept asking if there was any alcohol in it – yes! Two bottles of dessert wine and half a bottle...
- by Jenny
- Edmund Gwenn
Oh this is GOOD. And what is more CHEAP. I wanted to do two types of punch for my Christmas drinks party and Edmund’s sounded easy and good. It cost me about £4 for two litres compared to about £25 for the Madeleine Carroll’s Sauterne Punch...
- by Jenny
- Basil Rathbone
Ptolemy and Keith came to dinner recently and I decided to do a Vincent Price and Basil Rathbone curry combination. I told Ptolemy we’d be having a “Ten Boy Curry” via email and she admitted a sense of disappointment, expecting a takeaway from our local Indian...
- by Jenny
- Cathy O'Donnell, Ralph Bellamy
The second of the cocktails and canapés tasting parties happened last Sunday at Nathalie’s place and was a great success. We are planning a little book of these so are trying out a selection with our chums and gleaning comments and opinions about which...
- by Jenny
- Errol Flynn
When I made these a while back they looked like a right dog’s dinner so I loved the way Nathalie served these up – on individual spoons. Very sophisticated. These were very popular and Nathalie and I discussed possibly...
- by Jenny
- Cary Grant
These probably caused the most consternation amongst our guests. I think everyone wanted to like them, because everyone likes Cary. But they are indeed a bit weird. Most folks aren’t used to tinned mushrooms these days, but we wanted...
- by Jenny
- Gracie Fields
Loved the way Nathalie plated these up – on a big plate! We’d thought about doing them in little shot glasses but there were a lot of guests and not a lot of shot glasses. I’m going to start...
- by Jenny
- Robert Taylor
Nathalie’s beau made these and they were really delicious. The beef was marinated in soya sauce and was juicy and tasty. We might do these again on little metal toothpicks with just one piece of meat and a tomato (as...
- by Jenny
- Barbara Britton
Nathalie is a much better baker than I am. Barbara’s Gingerbread was very light and fluffy. I seem to remember when I made gingerbread (Bonita Granville’s) it was not much cop, but Nathalie’s was LOVELY. Mmmm. I have a...
- by Jenny
- Bill Bixby
Nathalie thought this would be a savoury bread but it turned out to be a cake. No matter, it was really delicious. I think this could be the way forward for me and cakes. Cakes made with vegetables in. ...
- by Jenny
- Ramon Navarro
The guacamole and the potted shrimp probably got the most comments on our little comments card. Lots of people loved the fact that it had grapes in. Lawrence said that they made it lighter somehow. I’m going to do that...
- by Jenny
- Vic Damone
These were good. Very good. Very, very good in fact. Of the four things I made, these were the best. Yummy. Condensed tomato soup, olives, spring onions, anchovies, cheese – delicious. I cut each muffin half into four little...
- by Jenny
- Myrna Loy
It’s a long time since there has been a FAIL here at Silver Screen Suppers Towers but Myrna’s shortbread was close to a fail. It was OK, but that is all. Texture was fine but main problem was, not enough...
- by Jenny
- Lionel Barrymore
I thought these were very pretty. I was hoping that I’d be able to pipe the filling into a little rosette shape like I imagined folks would have done in the 1970s but it was runnier and so I...
- by Jenny
- Barbra Streisand
I do so love Barbra. It’s just one of those things I cannot get away from. I loved her as a pre-teen when I was so self-conscious about my nose that I absolutely marvelled at the fact that someone could be a movie star...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
This was going to be easy! The plan was to get it all prepared and tucked away into the oven early on in proceedings. I would then be able to assist our lovely host with her main course,...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
I have a few lovely pics and posts to put up for chums who made things for the Halloween Cookalong. First up is from the lovely Gaz Bailey who organises the phenomenal Abertoir Film Festival in Aberystwyth. I went...
- by Jenny
- Bette Davis
My lovely friend and colleague Julie celebrated 10 years with the AP last week so I thought it was high time I made her a cake. For various reasons I had to make it a few days in advance so decided to make an Ottolenghi cake...
- by Jenny
- Andy Clyde
It’s been a while since I cooked something a bit weird. So I thought it was about time. I had 600g of my beautiful ham left over and as it has been in the fridge for a few days I wanted to do something with...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
It was the second annual Piccalilli Saturday a couple of days ago and my house still reeks of vinegar. Delicious. Heather came over the night before and we sat at the dining table like two old ladies chopping marrows and drinking...
- by Jenny
- Diana Dors
My ex Vic has never made a cake before. He recently got it into his head to have a go at Diana’s which was a recipe of the month a while back so I loaned him one of my cake tins and...
- by Jenny
- Irene Dunne, Uncategorized
By request (by the birthday boy himself) I made Obi an Irene Dunne’s Vinegar Chocolate Cake for his big day at work. As usual, it wasn’t as good as the first time I made it. I wish, I wish, I wish, that I made real,...
- by Jenny
- Wendy Hiller
My lovely chum Michelle had a bonfire party in her garden a couple of weeks ago and it was so much fun. She has commandeered the communal garden behind her flat and made it like a little grotto. It was festooned with tea lights, had a cosy...
- by Jenny
- Basil Rathbone
Hot on the heels of the Vincent Price Cookalong where we all enjoyed some classic dishes from the 1960s and 70s I’m proposing a 1970s style curry for November. Mmmm. I remember 1970s curries well. There has been a bit of...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
Pheweeeeeee! What a night! It was Vincent all the way with the following of his recipes being rustled up at Silver Screen Suppers Towers for a Haloweeeeeen party: Bloody Mary, Liver and Bacon Pâté, Oxtail Creole and Pumpkin Pie. It was the inaugural Halloween Cookalong and...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
The lovely people at the British Film Institute invited me to be in a cooking demonstration film with the fabulous Nathalie Morris making a Vincent Price dish. As it was linked in to the Gothic season it HAD to be Ghoulish Goulash!...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
Hatty’s Silly Radio Show was so much fun to do. Hatty cracks me up. You can have a listen here – we talked a LOT about Vincent Price and his cooking prowess. I took in some Vincent Price Brown and White Cookies as well...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
I smuggled some cocktail supplies into the radio station but of course, we didn’t have any drinks anywhere near the equipment. Oh no, I promise, we didn’t. Of course not. These are very good little tipples. Basically a gin & tonic (or vodka & tonic if...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
Just a quick note to say that I am thrilled to get a mention on the Turner Classic Movies blog – here’s the link – it’s an excellent piece about Vincent and his cooking prowess: In the Kitchen With Vincent Price So a...
- by Jenny
- Dolores Del Rio
As townies on holiday by the seaside recently I expect that we did all the clichés. We took about a million photos of the sunset from the garden: we looked at birds and boats through binoculars for hours, went...
- by Jenny
- Errol Flynn
Fish are BIG when they are fresh out of the sea. We bought a grey mullet from the Company Store and the nice man there filleted it for us so I could fashion it into Errol’s unusual fish dish. Look...
- by Jenny
- Vincent Price
Excitement is mounting at Silver Screen Suppers Towers about the forthcoming Vincent Price Halloween Cookalong. Food blogger chums around the world have been sent a cherry picked Vincent Price recipe to make for Halloween and even if you are not a...
- by Jenny
- Rudolph Valentino
Ooh, there is some controversy over this recipe! I can give provenance for all the recipes I have except this one. I can cite the newspaper, magazine, book or promotional pamphlet the recipes appeared in for the whole 5000ish of...
