Recipe testing is underway for a forthcoming cookbook and I’m on the lookout for volunteers…
I’m excited to announce that I am working with Peter Fuller of the Vincent Price Legacy UK on a new book featuring 100 movie star recipes. Peter will be writing about 50 of Vincent’s films and I have chosen two dishes to accompany each movie. There will be a Vincent Price recipe for each, with a Co*Star accompaniment.
We have assigned all the recipes to volunteers now but DO NOT DESPAIR! We are happy for two testers to try a recipe. The more the merrier. Simply message in the comments below or by dropping me a line via the Contacts Page and I’ll send out the recipe to you. We totally understand that during the Covid-19 epidemic certain ingredients might be difficult to obtain but we can discuss suitable substitutions. Take the plunge and pick something, it will be fun, I guarantee it!
All test cooks will be thanked in our acknowledgements, and we may use some of your feedback about the recipe to add some FLAVOUR to the book!
Co*Star Recipes
Constance Bennett’s Spanish Chicken chosen by Michele Garza
Bette Davis’ Spinach Stuffed Fillets of Sole chosen by Sarah Butler
Ian Hunter’s Yorkshire Pudding chosen by Marsha Nicholson
Margaret Lindsay’s Asparagus Pie, Souffle chosen by Gill of Realweegiemidgetreviews
Nan Grey’s Shoestring Sweet Potatoes chosen by Sophia Rawlinson
Jennifer Jones’ Sour Cream Molasses Cake chosen by Mark Keynes
Harry Morgan’s Stroganoff chosen by Britt
Dana Andrews’ Rabbit French-Canadian Style chosen by Vera Roth
Cornel Wilde’s Fish Stew a la Claire Green chosen by Vera Roth
Tallulah Bankhead’s Southern Fried Chicken chosen by Teresa Freeman
Gene Tierney’s Cheesecake chosen by Stephanie Fox
Henry Fonda’s Swedish Meatballs chosen by Karen Baldwin
Victor Mature’s Eggs Mature chosen by Sue Foll
Lana Turner’s Scampi chosen by Carole Ann Rice
Ava Gardner’s Coleslaw chosen by Nancy Cintron
Ellen Drew’s Crab Lorenzo chosen by Alison Carriage
Ronald Colman’s English Pot Pie chosen by Kelli Cline
Robert Mitchum’s Chili Wonder chosen by Ian
Jane Russell’s Curried Veal Crescent chosen by Claire Wardell
Frank Lovejoy’s Navy Bean Soup chosen by Patricia Villacrusis
William Bendix’s Ham and Pork Loaf chosen by Adele
Eva Gabor’s Eggs Eva chosen by Lauren Hansgen
Charlton Heston’s Roast Leg of Lamb with Fresh Mint Sauce chosen by Mr Rathbone
Joan Fontaine’s Oven Poached Peach Marzipan chosen by Karen
Groucho Marx’s German Pot Roast chosen by Rob Townsend
Elisha Cook Jr’s Beef Stroganoff “Black Bird” chosen by Britt
Brett Halsey’s Corn Pie chosen by Shelley Finke
Agnes Moorehead’s Macaroon Delight chosen by Shelley Finke
Red Buttons’ Fettucine Buttons chosen by Olivier
Herbert Marshall’s Steak & Kidney Pie chosen by Grace Smedley
David Frankham’s Late Summer Pudding chosen by Isolde Lekens
Basil Rathbone’s India Curry chosen by Claire Wardell
Lon Chaney Jr’s Lamb Chops, Broiled Pineapple and Mogen David chosen by Selene Paxton-Brooks
Boris Karloff’s Potted Shrimp chosen by Richard Hand
Jane Asher’s Red Pepper Soup chosen by Paula Otter
Elizabeth Shepherd’s Rabbit Stew chosen by Katie Schneller
Frankie Avalon’s Chicken Thighs with Peas, Sweet Vermouth, and Sherry chosen by Yinzerella of Dinner Is Served 1972
Ian Ogilvy’s Turnip and Onion Soup chosen by Harry Dobermann
Ann Francis’ Gazpacho Soup chosen by William Wulff
Elvis Presley’s Heat-Beater Punch chosen by Lauren Hansgar
Peter Cushing’s Beetroot and Onion Supper Special chosen by Sara and Russell
Terry-Thomas’ Sole San Carlos chosen by Sara and Russell
Diana Rigg’s Beef Goulash chosen by Anna and Justin Gayner
John Carradine’s Washington Apple Pie chosen by Myriam Plante
Lillian Gish’s Gnocchi Verdi With Pesto Sauce chosen by Kevin of Keep Calm and Fanny On
Johnny Depp’s Deluxe Tuna Fish Sandwich chosen by Annette of Hi I’m Annette
Charles Bronson’s Chicken Curry chosen by Peter Fuller
Judith Evelyn’s Iced Tea Sou’Western Style chosen by Aimee
Vincent Price Recipes
Vincent Price’s Flan chosen by Bethany
Vincent Price’s Cottage Fried Potatoes chosen by Richard Hand
Vincent Price’s Roast Beef chosen by Jeanette Walton
Vincent Price’s Carrot Soup chosen by Yinzerella of Dinner Is Served 1972
Vincent Price’s Coq au Vin chosen by Kelli Cline
Vincent Price’s Pimento Rice chosen by Kellfire Bray
Vincent Price’s Mixed Green Salad chosen by Ian
Vincent Price’s Cornmeal Muffins chosen by Jeanette Walton
Vincent Price’s Chicken Sweet and Hot chosen by Michele Garza
Vincent Price’s Friday Night Chicken chosen by Mr Rathbone
Vincent Price’s Spinach and Bacon Salad chosen by Hamish
Vincent Price’s Scandinavian Fruit Soup chosen by Karen
Vincent Price’s Blueberry Muffins chosen by Selene Paxton-Brooks
Vincent Price’s Tagliatele Verdi Gratin al Prsosciutto chosen by David Read
Vincent Price’s Iced Lemon Souffle chosen by Bethany
Vincent Pricce’s Guacamole chosen by Sarah Butler
Vincent Price’s Pepitas chosen by Peter Fuller
Vincent Price’s Herb Bread chosen by Sophia Rawlinson
Vincent Price’s Petits Pois À La Française chosen by Richard Hand
Vincent Price’s French Toast Santa Fe chosen by Michele Garza
Vincent Price’s Steamed Apple Pudding chosen by Vera Roth
Vincent Price’s Broiled Trout with Cucumber Salad chosen by Jason Brow
Vincent Price’s Pommes De Terre Savoyarde chosen by Richard Hand
Vincent Price’s Haricots Verts À La Lyonnaise chosen by Lauren Hansgen
Vincent Price’s Hotchpotch of Curly Kale chosen by Jason Brow
Vincent Price’s Noisettes Des Tournelles (Fillets of Lamb with Onion Sauce) chosen by Richard Hand
Vincent Price’s Carciofi Vignarola (Garnished Artichoke Hearts) chosen by Lyndsay Phillips
Vincent Price’s Trifle chosen by Chris Faulkes
Vincent Price’s Chili chosen by Mark Brisenden
Vincent Price’s Chicken in Vermouth chosen by Cathy of Kitchen Confidence
Vincent Price’s Baked Saffron Rice chosen by Lauren Hansgen
Vincent Price’s Crostata Di Mele (Apple Tart) chosen by Jaime Dempsey
Vincent Price’s House Bread chosen by Taryn of Retro Food for Modern Times
Vincent Price’s Champagne Lemon Ice chosen by Richard Hand
Vincent Price’s Cabbage In Sour Cream chosen by Marsha Nicholson
Vincent Price’s Spumoni chosen by John Ramberg
Vincent Price’s Baked Ham in a Common Crust chosen by Nancy King
Vincent Price’s Besugo a la Vizcaína (Sea Bream Biscay Style) chosen by Peter Fuller
Vincent Price’s Chicken and Seafood Gumbo chosen by Richard Hand
Vincent Price’s Tipsy Italian Pudding chosen by David Read
Vincent Price’s Café Brûlot Diabolique cosen by Kelli Cline
Vincent Price’s Toad in the Hole chosen by Gaby
Vincent Price’s Steak Au Poivre chosen by Richard Hand
Vincent Price’s Mexican Creamed Corn chosen by Cathy of Kitchen Confidence
Vincent Price’s Pot de Creme Chocolat chosen by Isolde Lekens
Vincent Price’s Rumaki chosen by Phoenix Moon
Shelley Winters’ Caesar Salad chosen by Katie Schneller
Thanks in advance to all who sign up, this is going to be a blast! I raise a Vincent Price Pink Tonic to you wherever you are, cheers!
Please can I do Lon Chaney’s pineapple thing and Vinnie’s blueberry muffins. Thanks xxx
Hi Selene, thanks for joining in, I will send those recipes over to you! Jenny x
I would like to try Ian Ogilvy’s onion and turnip soup
Harry! So pleased you are joining in. I love this recipe and will send it out to you shortly. Jx
Hi! This sounds like a fun project, I would like to try John Carradine’s Washington Apple Pie.
Hi Myriam, yes! It’s going to be super fun. I’ll send the Apple Pie recipe out to you soon xx
I would like to try Robert Mitchum’s chilli wonder and Vincent’s green salad,
Hi Ian! Robert’s chilli is YOURS, I will send it over shortly with Vincent’s salad recipe too. Thanks for joining in.
This sounds like great fun! I’d love to do VP’s Saffron Baked Rice and Eva Gabor’s Eggs Eva. Happy to make another selection is something is already taken. Thanks!!
Hi Lauren, it’s going to be so much fun! I’ll get those recipes out to you soon. Best wishes – Jenny x
Hi! I’d love to do Vincent Price’s Carciofi Vignarola (Garnished Artichoke Hearts) and/or Elvis Presley’s Heat-Beater Punch. This looks soooo fun!
Hiya Lyndsay – thanks for joining in! I’ll send over both those recipes, assigning you the artichoke hearts for book feedback but would love to hear how the Elvis punch turns out too!
Awesome, thanks! No rush, but have you sent them already? Just worried about it going to spam 🙂
Hiya Lindsay – apologies for the delay, should be getting your recipes out to you today, it’s taking me longer than I expected! Have a wonderful weekend x
Hi Jenny,
I would love to do the Ann Francis gazpacho and Vincent’s house bread.
V excited about this! xx
Taryn!! Lovely to hear from you. Alas, the gazpacho has been nabbed so I’ll assign you Vincent’s House Bread for the book feedback. Feel free to choose another if you fancy doing two. Bread flour is really hard to get hold of here in the UK at the moment, can you get it OK in Melbourne? Kisses from London xx
Love to try Victor Mature’s eggs or Vincent’s steak au poivre
Hi Sue! Thanks for joining the fun. I’ll send you both of those recipes so that you can choose. For now I’ll assign you Victor Mature for book feedback but feel free to make both if you fancy! Jenny x
PS – will be sending recipes out early next week x
I’d like to try Basil Rathbone’s India Curry, and VP’s chicken vermouth please!
Hi Claire – thanks so much for volunteering! I’ll send you both of those recipes to try. For now, I’ll assign you Basil’s curry for book feedback but hearing how both turn out if you decide to go for two would be fabulous! Jenny x
I’d like to have a go at Vincent’s steak au poivre with a side of Vincent’s Petits Pois À La Française if that’s acceptable!
I’d like to have a go at Vincent Price’s steak au poivre with a side of Vincent’s Petits Pois À La Française if that’s acceptable!
Now that sounds like a classy din-dins Richard! I will send those recipes to you shortly – Jenny x
I enjoy cooking for the family (and anything Vincent Price), but I don’t do puddings very often – could I try Vincent Price’s Trifle? I love trifle!
Cheers,
Chris
Hi Chris – I love trifle too! Vincent’s very own recipe for trifle is YOURS and I will send it to you very soon. Thanks for volunteering xx
Hi Jenny
I would love to have a crack at Vincent’s bacon salad recipe , sounds ideally suited to the south of France
Ahhhh, lovely Hamish! I will send this recipe over to you soon, au revoir for now!
Can we try to make Vincent Price’s Chicken and Seafood Gumbo, Vincent Price’s Cottage Fried Potatoes and Boris Karloff’s Potted Shrimp?
Absolutely Richard, those recipes are YOURS and I’ll send them over soon xx
Jenny, Kelli Cline and I are grateful for this welcome distraction in these here FREAKY TIMES!
Please sign me up for Vincent Price’s Spumoni.
Thanks again for letting us pitch in!
John Ramberg
Yay John! So pleased that you are joining in over there in Seattle! Vincent’s Spumoni is yours and I’ll send it over soon!
Hi this sounds interesting and fun! Can I try Vincent Price’s Roast Beef and also his cornmeal muffins? Thank you and be well!
Great stuff Jeannette! Those two recipes are YOURS and I will send them over to you shortly. Thanks a million for joining in – Jenny x
Vincent Price’s Tagliatele Verdi Gratinate al Prosciutto & Vincent Price’s Tipsy Italian Pudding please! Thanks so much
Great choices David! Those two recipes are YOURS and I will send them over shortly – Jenny
Hi, is the Vincent Price’s Crostata Di Mele (Apple Tart) still available? If so, I would love to try to make it.
Jaime – the apple tart recipe is YOURS and I will send it over to you very soon! It’s a delight! Jx
Hello! Could we try Vincent Price’s Broiled Trout with Cucumber Salad and the Hotchpotch of Curly Kale, please?
Hi Jason, these are two of my favourite Vincent Price recipes! I can’t wait to see how they turn out for you and will send the recipes over to you soon – Jenny x
I’d love to make Groucho’s pot roast! He’s basically the closest thing to a god in my life and it would be an honor to make a recipe of his. Thanks!
Rob, Groucho’s Pot Roast is YOURS! I will send that recipe to you very soon and will love to hear all about how it turns out – Jx
Hi Jenny
I would love to do Lana Turner’s scampi please
xx
The recipe is YOURS my lovely! I will send it to you very soon. Kisses from North London – Jx
Hi Jenny,
I’d like to make Vincent Price’s Pimento Rice. Reading this list has made me soooo hungry! Haha.
Thanks!
Kellfire
Hiya Kellfire – I know EXACTLY what you mean, I have to brush my eyes over the list of Vincent’s recipes as I want to eat ALL OF IT. Haha, the Pimento Rice recipe is yours and I’ll send it over shortly – Jenny x
I would love to make Elisha Cook Jr’s Beef Stroganoff! Or both of the Stroganoff recipes if they’re still up for grabs.
Hi Britt – ooh, yes, it would be wonderful if you could make both, then you can let me know which you preferred – fabulous! Those two are assigned to you and I’ll send the recipes over shortly – Jenny
I would like to request Vincent Price’s Scandinavian Fruit Soup 🙂
Yay Karen! So pleased you are joining in. I was hoping someone would choose the fruit soup! Will send the recipe to you soon.
If they aren’t already spoken for, I would like to do Vincent Price’s Flan and his Iced Lemon Soufflé
Hi there Bethany! Vincent’s Flan and the Iced Lemon Souffle are YOURS! I will send them over to you soon xx
You know, since others have requested two recipes, I’ll request an additional one too 🙂 I’ll take Joan Fontaine’s Oven Poached Peach Marzipan if it’s still available 🙂 Is there a deadline for the results to be in by? After all, in season peaches are always best 🙂
That’s great Karen, thank you! I’ve been meaning to try this one for ages, sounds delicious! Will send soon xx
Oh Karen, forgot to say that there’s no mad deadline for these. Sometime in June would be great but no mad rush – when is peaches season where you are? Not for a while here in the UK xx
Hi Jenny, if they are still available I’d live to give the below two a go 🙂
Jennifer Jones’ Sour Cream Molasses Cake chosen by Mark Keynes
Herbert Marshall’s Steak & Kidney Pie
Thank you. Grace x
Yay Grace! Oooh, Herbert Marshall’s Steak & Kidney Pie is GREAT, you and Luke will love that. I haven’t tried the Jennifer Jones cake but I know you have massive cake skilz so I am sure you’ll make a beautiful cake! Recipes will be on their way to you in the next few days. Thanks for volunteering! Kisses to you both in Walthamstow xx
No Peter Lorre? 🙁
Good point Caz! I do have a good recipe for Peter, I will see if I can squeeze him in! Would you like first dibs on it if we can add it into the mix?
Can Russell and I don our chef hats and try making Peter Cushing’s beetroot and onion supper special? We’re also tempted by the Terry Thomas Sole San Carlos because we can do TT impressions while in the kitchen – hours of fun.
Oh I LOVE the idea of you and Russell being SEIZED with the spirit of Terry-Thomas in your kitchen, marvellous!! Those recipes are YOURS! Hope you are both doing swell at this strange times. I still think about our wonderful morning having Vincent Price breakfast at Harrods quite often! Mostly with horror at the moment when they brought up the bill! Jx
Hi Jenny— I’m very interested in trying both the Corn Pie and Macaroon Delight.
Wonderful Shelley! I will assign those two to you for testing and will send them out to you soon – Jenny
I’d be up for trying the cream cheese hearts.
Wonderful, thanks Karen. These are delicious! I’ll send the recipe out to you very soon xx
I’d like to test Elizabeth Shepherd’s Rabbit Stew! Thanks!
Fabulous Katie, I’ve been itching to try this one myself, looking forward to hearing how it turns out, I’ll send the recipe over very soon.
HI Jenny, I’d love to test Vincent Price’s Pots au Creme Chocolat and David Frankham’s Late Summer Pudding, if that works for you.
Oh wonderful, yes please Isolde. I will send those recipes over to you very soon – Jenny
Completely forgot about this, sorry – when do you need the feedback for. Also can I change my choice to Shelley Winter’s salad as some of Henry Fonda’s ingredients are difficult to find. Hope all is good with you.
Of course my dear! I will switch those over for you and send the Shelley Winter’s salad recipe over to you soon. No mad rush for feedback, hoping to get the first draft done by the end of this year so whenever you have time is fine!
Thanks, looking forward to doing this…
Hi Jenny, Count me in! 😀 Out of the choices left, I’d like to cook Ellen Drew’s Crab Lorenzo, and Vincent’s Besugo a la Vizcaina (sea bream Biscay style.) Looking forward to matching these dishes with a Vincent movie! Cheers, Alison
Wonderful! Thanks so much Alison! I will put you down as the official test cook for the Ellen Drew Crab Lorenzo and will send you the sea bream recipe too. Love the idea of you watching a Vincent movie as you devour these! Recipes coming to you soon – Jenny x
Is it too late to get in on this? If not I’d like to try Jane Asher’s Red Pepper Soup please
Yay Paula! Of course, I will send that over to you shortly x
I would Love to try…Vincent Price’s Baked Ham in a Common Crust.
I have never made anything like this. Please!!!!!❤❤❤
Nancy!!! The Baked Ham in a Common Crust is YOURS! It’s such a fun thing to make. Recipe will be coming your way in next day or so. EXCITING! JX
I would like to test Gene Tierney’s Cheesecake if still available. Thanks.
Hi Stephanie! The Gene Tierney Cheesecake recipe is yours! I will send it over in the next couple of days. Thanks for volunteering! Jenny x
Hello hello! I would love to test cook Vincent Price’s Rumaki if it is still available! I had just learned about rumaki this week and was already thinking of making it. Kismet!
Btw, your page and books have been an inspiration for many happy meals in my family. Thank you!
Oh Phoenix you have made my day! I am blushing and beaming like a Cheshire Cat to get this comment, thank you so much. YES! The Rumaki recipe is yours. I will send it over to you very soon – Jenny x