Diana Dors’ Artichoke Bean Bowl – My Top 100 Movie Star Recipes #97
This recipe comes as part of a pair with David Niven's Jansson's Temptation really. Because whenever I buy delicious marinated anchovies from Ocado to make my #98 dish in the top 100 movie star recipes countdown... M&S always seems to be offering a 3 for £7 deal...
Murder, She Cooked – Recipes From the Kitchen of Angela Lansbury and Many of Her Co-stars
Greetings to all who have landed here via the wondrousness that is Tim Benzie's Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote you have found exactly the right place to sign up for weekly Murder, She Wrote episode guides and related movie star recipes direct to your inbox - FREE!...
Vincent Price’s Manhattan
Well, my work on the Vincent Price cookbook is done! I delivered all the final tweaks to my co-writer Peter Fuller yesterday and as we must celebrate all the wins these days, fashioned myself a little cocktail. This cocktail featured in an advertising campaign for...
Una Stubbs’ Home-made Muesli
I don't think I have ever republished an old post, but I was sad to hear yesterday that Una Stubbs had passed and I remembered this one about her muesli recipe. First published in 2019. There are some combinations of words that are nice to say together and for me,...
Recipe of the Month – Claude Akins’ Barbecued Honeyed Orange Chicken
I have never barbecued anything. I am a BBQ virgin. I have the coals, firelighters, and wood and there are three barbecues in my communal garden but I guess I am SCARED of barbecuing. I planned to brave it and have a barbecue last week with my chums Becky and Cathy...
Cowboy Day Cook-Along #5 – Elizabeth Taylor’s Chicken Steamed in Wine and Haricots Verts
Greg of Recipes For Rebels has excelled himself this year for his Cowboy Day Cook-along. Remember the scene in Giant (1956) where Elizabeth Taylor faints when she's served a big spoonful of roasted cow's head at a BBQ? Actually, I don't know if it's a spoonful of...
Vincent Price’s Angostura Bitters Recipes
Do you have a bottle of Angostura Bitters hanging around in your cocktail cabinet? You bought it for some tipple or another years ago, and it now just sits there, unloved? Most of us do. Luckily, Vincent Price was involved in an ad campaign that featured recipes...
Donald Pleasence’s Prawn Curry
I had such fun doing my first ever Instagram Live with my Guild of Film Writers chum Bruce McMichael tonight. We were talking about the book Nobs and Nosh which contains thoughts from many movie stars about food, and a few recipes. I made one of them, the Donald...
Farley Granger’s Baked Potato With Sour Cream and Chives
I had a lovely surprise recently when I went to Jan and Diana's house to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. Jan had made some baked potatoes using the Farley Granger recipe I'd featured on the blog way back in pre-pandemic days - little miniature ones! He told...
Cameron Diaz’s Roasted Corn Summer Salad
You know how one thing leads to another? I went on a stupendous rabbit hole research expedition after writing about Keith Michell's Avocado With Sauerkraut Dressing last week. My googling to find out if avocado and sauerkraut was a "thing" (it is) led me to the...
Keith Michell’s Avocado With Sauerkraut
After two disastrous Keith Michell cooking escapades and one that was a borderline fail, he has redeemed himself with this genius way of serving an avocado. This cute little entity has become something that I crave on a regular basis. It's a lovely...
Vincent Price’s Herb Bread
I have discovered three big things about myself during the global pandemic. 1) That I love to play drums 2) that the LWS Writers' Hour is an absolutely magical place where creativity and friendships blossom - it's international and free folks! 3) that much joy is to...
Living My Life Like Marilyn Monroe
When I heard that two cookbooks owned by Marilyn Monroe were up for auction (thank-you Di and Amy for the tip-offs) I immediately went down an enormous rabbit hole of research. I was here, there, and everywhere in the Google Machine finding out what time the auction...
My Top 100 Movie Star Recipes – #98 – David Niven’s Jansson’s Frestelse (Jansson’s Temptation)
“My wife makes a simple little thing called Jansson’s Temptation that’s terribly good. It’s nothing more than a potato and onion thing done in cream…” the suave David Niven told food writer Johna Blinn in 1967. I agree with David 100%. This dish is indeed terribly...
Rip Torn’s Omelet Mexicali – Edgware – The Great Bear – Stop #12
Crikey, I had to get in the time machine and travel back to May 2019 to find the photos of this trip me and Mr R took to Edgware with an egg. It would have been madness to try and eat a Rip Torn Omelet Mexicali on a tube station platform (cold omelet? No thanks) so...
Vincent Price’s Kedgeree of Salmon and Ring Mold of Peas With Artichoke Hearts
It's a momentous day! I have just emailed the final recipe verdict for the Supper With The Stars book to my co-writer Peter. Yippee. 52 films written about, 104 recipes tweaked, 104 verdicts delivered. Vincent's kedgeree was the last recipe I tested for the book and...
Donald O’Connor’s French Dressing
Just when I thought the Yvonne de Carlo Salome Salad Dressing was going to go on forever, I had the last few spoonfuls on some lettuce and was left without a huge vat of red goo in my fridge.* First ingredient, 1 can tomato soup. Yep, that's right! I'd been wanting...
Recipe of the Month – Dirk Bogarde’s Chicken Clermont
This recipe looms large in my legend as it is the first thing I cooked for Mr Rathbone. We met in 2013 on a blind date set up by my neighbour Chloe. We hadn't seen photos of each other, and I had absolutely no idea what he would look like. A match not arranged by...
Keith Michell’s Lentil Pate, Buckwheat Burgers & Aduki, Rice and Sweet Corn Croquettes
So following on from the glorious post of all the wonderful things testers have made for the Vincent Price cookbook, here's a post about when things don't quite work out so well. Three Keith Michell recipes, and each one of them a bit of a fail. His lentil pâté...
Happy Birthday Vincent Price! Recipe Testers Unite!
It's Vincent Price's birthday today. Let's celebrate with a round up of some of the dishes cooked for the forthcoming Vincent Price cookbook by our wonderful volunteers. My co-writer Peter has published a sneaky peek of the proposed book cover (revealing the NEW...
Happy 15th Birthday Silver Screen Suppers
It's a big day today. It's 15 years since I wrote my very first blog post. Oh my! Back in 2016 I was a broken hearted singleton living on a houseboat and I was feeling very sorry for myself. I was rubbish at cooking and so in an attempt to cheer myself up, I made a...
Vincent Price’s Pimento Rice
I never cook rice. If Mr R is around the place and we are having curry or chilli or something else that requires a ricey accompaniment, he is in charge. He is the expert. Just as I am the expert in the scrambled eggs department. On a Sunday morning that's my job, he...
Recipe of the Month – Mel Brooks’ Tomato and Onion Omelette
What do you stick into the DVD player when you are down in the dumps? If there one film that always lifts your spirits, or do you have a handful to choose from? I need to know my lovelies! I'm working on a new book. I've actually been working on this since 2010 but...
Ken Dodd’s Jambutty Pudding – Kentish Town – The Great Bear – Stop #11
If you are not from the UK, you might not know who Ken Dodd is. Where on earth do I begin? I think for the purposes of this blog post, all you need to know is that his comedy schtick included tickling sticks Naturally, when I rustled up his Jambutty Pudding I had to...
Vincent Price’s Cottage Fried Potatoes
Potatoes fried in a large amount of butter are going to be good aren't they? This is not clickbait to tease you into reading a disaster story about how potatoes fried in a large amount of butter turned out NOT to be good. Because they definitely were good (it is a...
Ellen Drew’s Ginger Ale Fruit Salad
Any recipe that includes pickle juice piques my pickle interest. My fridge is FULL of pickle juice and because I love pickles so much, I make a lot of pickles and I eat a lot of pickles. It always seems a waste to chuck away all the delicious spiced vinegar once I've...
Anne Baxter’s Genuine Swiss Quiche and France Nuyen’s Spinach Pie
I'm having a bit of a sort out here at Silver Screen Suppers Towers and I keep finding brilliant things like this. When I stumbled upon this wonderful magazine cover, I thought to myself, "did I ever write about the time I was a beekeeper for the day?" Well I did,...
Recipe of the Month – Jane Russell’s Green Pepper Steak
Beer with her soup, that's my gal! I was so thrilled to get an email from my penpal Annette of I'm Annette to say she'd found a Jane Russell recipe on the internet. This was music to my ears as the only recipe I had in my collection is BONKERS, really bonkers! I was...
Vincent Price’s Buckingham Eggs – My Top 100 Movie Star Recipes #99
In May my blog will be 15 years old. Fifteen years of eating and drinking like my Hollywood idols. CRIKEY! I know exactly what movie star dish I am going to cook to celebrate, but you'll have to wait until then to find out! Here's a clue... In honour of the blog's...
Louise Brooks, Marlene Dietrich, Rudolph Valentino and Mary Pickford for HippFest
HippFest Silent Cinema Festival has begun - whoopee! My Mary Pickford Silver Screen Supper video goes out on Saturday morning and is available for 48 hours so if you have landed here looking for more information about her enchiladas or cocktails, please skip to this...
Angela Lansbury Cheesecake Cookalong with Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote
Oh, how I miss being in a huge room with hundreds of other Murder, She Wrote fans laughing like a drain at Tim Benzie's antics onstage at one of his Solve-along-a-Murder-She-Wrote events. You are missing it too right? Well I have a TREAT FOR YOU ALL. During lockdown...
Recipe of the Month – Mary Pickford’s Jam Tarts
Here is something super cute to scoff after your Mary Pickford enchiladas! I made these in honour of HippFest Silent Cinema Festival which is ALMOST UPON US my lovelies. Have you got your pass yet? Only £20 for loads of amazing silent films with specially...
Mary Pickford’s Silver Screen Supper Shopping List for Hippfest
Greetings to all those attending the wondrous Hippfest Silent Cinema Festival! Passes are only £20 for 5 days of fabulousness, do sign up, it's all online! Wherever you are in the world, whatever the time difference, do grab a pass as most things are available for...
Tessie O’Shea’s Lettuce Sandwiches
Ahhh, it's the final recipe from the Tessie O'Shea Slimming Cookbook! In January 2019, I pledged to make one recipe a month from Tessie's book and what with one thing and another, it has taken me until now to do all 12, but it's been loads of fun. Her recipes are...
Vincent Price’s Steak Moutarde Flambe (Flamed Mustard Steak)
On Wednesday I had such a stressful day I felt like my head was going to explode. I work in a film archive (well no longer physically "in" it) and stress is usually absent from my working life. But sometimes I have a humdinger of a day and I end up as Rhona Cameron...
Kate Mulgrew’s Pork Tenderloin
It was kind of unfortunate that I'd seen The Tingler (1959) just a few days before making this dish. Because I couldn't stop thinking about THE TINGLER every time I looked at this tenderloin. If you've seen that movie, you'll know what I mean. If you haven't, I...
Five Alan Ladd Recipes
I love it when readers get in touch and ask for recipes and I am always happy to rummage around in my bookshelves to find them and send them out. Usually I don't get so much as a "thank-you" in return, but sometimes - hurrah - a lovely correspondence ensues. I am...
Recipe of the Month February 2021 – Vincent Price’s Croque Monsieur
Ooh, I forgot about this post, I made this for Mr R's birthday breakfast on 1st Jan, and now it February already but this such is a winning recipe so I have decided to make it RECIPE OF THE MONTH. It is a sarnie for a special occasion, for a special brunch, cut up...
Hanging Out With Jessica Fletcher in Her Cabot Cove Kitchen
The minute lockdown in London is lifted and I can leave my flat I am going straight to Cabot Cove, Maine. I will send you a postcard... OK, I know Cabot Cove doesn't exist, but why not use our imaginations to travel? The idea of going anywhere other than the postbox...
Ava Gardner’s Fried Fillets of Flounder
Have you ever seen anyone with a fishing rod look more gorgeous than Ava Gardner? Lest we assume Ava only donned the waders for a set of cheesecake photos, here she is with Gregory Peck "gone fishing". Naturally once I'd stumbled upon these pix, I wondered which other...
Sophia Loren’s Penne Alla Puttanesca
When I have some olives and anchovies knocking around the fridge my mind often suggests Spaghetti Puttanesca. I rustled this up just before Christmas and it was deliziosa (or maybe delizioso?). I don't eat much pasta, but when I do I always think, "bloody hell, it's...
Top 100 Movie Star Recipes – #100 – Phyllis Diller’s Garbage Soup
Recipes with weird names are catnip for me. Vincent Price's Hotchpotch of Curly Kale immediately springs to mind. Elvis Presley's Hush Puppies is another, but Phyllis Diller's Garbage Soup is the winner in this category. This fabulous recipe appears in many...
Recipe of the Month – Jane Fonda’s Salmon With Sweetcorn Sauce
Have you eaten and drunk yourself silly over the festive season? I have! Now is the time to rein it in here at Silver Screen Suppers Towers. As usual at this time of year I will be turning to the 3 movie star cookbooks that offer slightly healthier options in the...
Top 5 Movie Star Recipes of 2020
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all my lovely readers! The choice of my #1 movie star dish of 2020 is SIMPLE because this way of cooking a leg of lamb was an absolute revelation. The recipe is the culinary equivalent of an earworm because it keeps on popping into my head as...
Merry Christmas from Silver Screen Suppers
What is left to say about 2020 that hasn't already been said? I just wanted to wish all my readers a Merry Christmas whoever they are managing to spend it with. This will be the first time in about 25 years that I haven't spent Christmas with my parents and I am very...
Vincent Price’s French Toast Santa Fe Made With His Herb Bread
Greetings from Tier FOUR - who even knew that such a thing existed? Sigh. After a sleepless night worrying about what to do now that Christmas in London is cancelled and seeing my parents is illegal, I consoled myself briefly with some French Toast. I had two slices...
Brett Halsey’s Corn Pie
Greetings from Tier 3 lockdown in London! I am hunkering down for winter hibernation and planning some concentrated work on the Vincent Price Co*Star Cookbook. I now have a deadline for delivering all the recipes, headnotes and feedback from all the test cooks....
Pearl Bailey’s Colony Club Liver Supreme
I keep cooking liver to Pearl's specifications as her recipe is so easy, and so delicious, but I never seem to get around to telling you lot about it. Well, I found this post in my drafts folder, written at a time when I was I was a bit moody during the first pandemic...
Recipe of the Month – Edmund Gwenn’s Christmas Cup
Have you got all your Christmas presents yet? Could I recommend a few books? First, a book I have been raving about to anyone who will listen... This is a fabulous read for anyone interested in big personalities, television cooks, the way someone can survive by their...
Fred Karno’s Klassic Martini Kocktail and my terrible acting career in smutty sex comedies
During the first full UK pandemic lockdown in March, I was a bit down in the dumps and lacking in laughs. Then I heard about a new book which I HEARTILY RECOMMEND to all of you who need some merriment in these crazy times. Put this on your Christmas wishlist and buy a...
