by Jenny | 7 Jan, 2016 | Vincent Price
Do you have a freezer full of Christmas leftovers? For our work Xmas lunch, we went to The Queen’s Pub and Dining Room in Primrose Hill. The turkey was really flavoursome, but the portion was massive, and there was no way I could eat it all, so I asked for...
by Jenny | 6 Jan, 2016 | Jeanette Nolan
As a former cataloguer, I’m always intrigued when machines have been put to work, doing things that only human beings can really do properly. I’m not a Luddite, honestly, it just makes me laugh! So I found Jeanette’s recipe in two...
by Jenny | 2 Jan, 2016 | Joan Crawford
I was aiming for this to be my last blog post of 2015, to neatly tie up all my Joan Crawford business, but there’s been so much FUN going on, I missed my self-imposed deadline. No matter. I was prouder of this dish, than anything else...
by Jenny | 30 Dec, 2015 | Vincent Price
Do you have a blog? Are you thinking about it? If you are, I would say DO IT, because magical things will start to happen. During the Vincentennial year, when celebrations were going on to mark what would have been Vincent Price’s 100th...
by Jenny | 23 Dec, 2015 | James Dean
In my December column for the lovely Eat Drink Films, I get to find out from the lovely Greg Swenson how he went about writing the brilliant Recipe for Rebels cookbook. Greg is now a bosom cyberchum of mine. We regularly correspond about film star recipes since he...
by Jenny | 18 Dec, 2015 | Gregory Peck, When Bloggers Meet or Collaborate
Ooh, the Happy Pappy Eggs were good. Why? Bacon fat! Tonight I’m participating in a worldwide cookalong for two. If you drilled a hole through the centre of the earth from London, you probably wouldn’t end up too far from Melbourne, which...
by Jenny | 17 Dec, 2015 | Corinne Griffith
I wish I’d thought of asking Mr R if he’d like some Plumslard Porkkare for his dinner on Saturday. What a brilliant name for a big joint of pork! I’ve just googled Plumslard Porkkare and nothing comes up at all. Maybe Corinne made...
by Jenny | 15 Dec, 2015 | Sophia Loren
I live on the fourth floor of a block of flats so have no garden full of fresh herbs, however much I would like one. It drives me bananas when I’ve bought a big bunch of coriander, used a few sprigs and the rest has gone mulchy in the fridge. So...
by Jenny | 5 Dec, 2015 | Marilyn Monroe
When “Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters by Marilyn Monroe” was published in 2010, there was much excitement at Silver Screen Suppers Towers, as it contained a RECIPE! Scribbled out by Marilyn in pencil, it’s a very detailed recipe...
by Jenny | 30 Nov, 2015 | Johnny Cash
And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire, the ring of fire! I’ve been wanting to make Johnny’s chili for ages. I have two versions in different cookbooks, but they both use brands of chili powder and seasonings that we can’t get here in the...
by Jenny | 28 Nov, 2015 | Jack Cassidy
Battenburg Belle cooked a tremendous Thanksgiving dinner last night, ooh, it was marvellous. I’ve a feeling that might become an annual tradition, and why not? We don’t really do Thanksgiving here in the UK, but when everyone in the USA is...
by Jenny | 27 Nov, 2015 | Jimmy Cagney
An apple pie without the cheese, is like a kiss, without the squeeze. So the saying goes. But I’d never had an apple pie with cheese in it before. Until Sunday! I made this for Mr R, his lovely sister Julia and her lovely hubby Nick. It was bloody...
by Jenny | 26 Nov, 2015 | Cloris Leachman
On Saturday morning I needed to fortify myself. The time had finally come, in my Marie Kondo Festival of Tidying, to tackle the clothes. Arg. Marie recommends doing the clothes first and leaving sentimental items until last. But for me, clothes ARE...
