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Marlene Dietrich’s Lamb Chops en Casserole
“It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.” Oh what a find! A fabulous picture of Marlene doing what she loved best, off set – cooking. Browsing the site where I found this picture has...
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Marlene Dietrich’s Lamb Chops En Casserole
“Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.” That is so true Marlene – but the question is, how to tell the real tenderness from the fake… Well, sometimes you know for sure and tonight I shall be...
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Bonita Granville’s Gingerbread
Bonita, Bonita, Peanut Eater. OK, I am going to try and channel the spirit of Bonita this evening if I ever get it together to get out of the house and go to the Rock ‘n’ Roll night at the Music...
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Marlene Dietrich’s Lamb Chops en Casserole
Our Pittsburgh turned Dallas based test cook Josef VS sent in a report on Marlene’s Lamb Chops a while back and it’s popped to the top of the “to-blog” list. I’m working my way through them all...
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Marlene Dietrich’s Banana Nut Bread
Ah, lovely! I had two bananas left over from the Vincent Price Bounty of Paradise dinner party because I forgot to add them to the pork chops main course. So you know what happens when you have two...
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Marlene Dietrich’s Scrambled Eggs
At the weekend I was on writing retreat, and I had a lovely time. Two whole days of nothing but tip tapping away on my laptop in bed, with the heated blanket on. No housework, no admin, no...
View ArticleMarlene Dietrich’s Sleeping Potion
Hot on the heels of Oooooona’s Moooooosli, here comes Marleeeeeeeen’s Sardeeeeeeen. Of course, this pleasing combination of words only works when mispronouncing MarlAYYYYYna Marleeeeeeeen, but hey ho…...
View ArticleLouise Brooks, Marlene Dietrich, Rudolph Valentino and Mary Pickford for...
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...
View ArticleMarlene Dietrich’s Hot Dogs & Champagne
It is hard to find the source of the much bandied around factoid that Marlene Dietrich’s favourite meal was hot dogs and champagne. If anyone knows for sure when or where she said it I would love to...
View ArticleThe Heinz 57 Challenge – with movie star specials!
Mr Rathbone and myself decided to celebrate spending 57 years on this here planet by attempting to consume 57 Heinz based meals in a year. Did we manage it? YES! It was loads of fun as we sourced...
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