Murder, She Cooked

Wouldn't you love to be a guest at Jessica Fletcher's dining table? Or to sample one of her homemade cookies as you sit and discuss a horrible crime at her kitchen table? Well, here's the next best thing. Recipes from the homes of Dame Angela Lansbury and many of her wonderful co-stars are here for you to enjoy as you settle down to watch an episode of this fabulously entertaining show.

Murder, She Wrote superfan Jenny Hammerton of Silver Screen Suppers offers a guide to 132 shows, covering the first six seasons. Companion recipes have been cherry-picked from her archive of more than 8,000 movie star favourites, and all have been kitchen-tested. Why not share a batch of Sheriff Metzger's real-life wife's Kabot Kove Kookies with fellow fans of the show? Or present your family with Angela Lansbury's superb "Jessica's Cheesecake" to help them through a viewing marathon? The actors portraying regular characters Amos Tupper, Seth Hazlitt, Eve Simpson and beauty parlour manageress Loretta Spiegel all have recipes featured within. As do many cold-blooded murderers! Take your pick and cook your way through Cabot Cove and beyond.

"The fabulous list of recipes truly reflects the nature of the show, with a mix of global delicacies and home-grown American classics. Like many of us, I share Jessica's love of simple, home-cooked meals but also delight in exotic flavours from far-off lands. This cookbook provides plenty of opportunities to explore. Just be sure and not leave your clam chowder unattended."

Tim Benzie, creator and host of Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote

From the author of Cooking With Columbo and Cooking With Joan Crawford comes another star-spangled cookbook. Murder, She Cooked is a long love letter to Murder, She Wrote and contains recipes from the kitchens of over 100 movie stars.

The signature dishes of the following greats can be found within: Dame Angela Lansbury, Anne Francis, Claude Akins, Martin Landau, Samantha Eggar, Lyn Redgrave, Greg Morris, June Allyson, James Coco, William Conrad, Diana Canova, Edie Adams, Milton Berle, Lynda Day George, Cesar Romero, Jerry Orbach, Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn Jenner), Ron Masak, Linda Blair, Martha Raye, Joey Bishop, Kathleen Beller, Cyd Charisse, Tom Bosley, Paul Burke, Polly Bergen, Glynis Johns, Ann Blyth, Lee Meriwether, Yvonne de Carlo, Marsha Hunt, Robert Vaughn, Jayne Meadows, Alan Hale Jr., Sharon Acker, Craig Stevens, Dick van Patten, Karen Black, Anne Jeffreys and Robert Sterling, Robert Stack, Van Johnson, Cesare Danova, Audrey Meadows, Jackie Cooper, Hayley Mills, Jenny Agutter, Susan Anton, William Windom, Katherine Cannon, Tom Selleck, Abby Dalton, Eleanor Parker, Hope Lange, Kate Mulgrew, Joe Santos, Adam West, Diane Baker, Buddy Hackett, Dorothy Lamour, Bruce Davison, Gloria Stuart, Michael Cole, Juliet Prowse, Dack Rambo, Juliet Mills, Jane Powell, Cornel Wilde, Richard Johnson, Ruth Roman, Fionnula Flanagan, Macdonald Carey, Theodore Bikel, Janet Leigh, Anne Meara, Dean Jones, Linda Purl, Karen Valentine, Kristian Alfonso, Julie Adams, Brenda Vaccaro, Kristy McNicol, Eddie Albert, Keith Michell, Barry Newman, Hoyt Axton, Lucie Arnaz, Martin Milner, David Birney, Gale Storm, Mason Adams, Shirley Knight, Roddy McDowall, David McCallum, Dinah Shore, Elizabeth Ashley, Kathryn Grayson, Michael Learned, Paul Sorvino, Richard Anderson, Ian Ogilvy, Madlyn Rue, June Havoc, Elliot Gould, Ken Howard, Jerry Stiller, Gene Barry, Robert Pine, Gloria DeHaven, Farley Granger, Connie Stevens, Dwayne Hickman, Ron Liebman, Dina Merrill, Shirley Jones and Deidre Hall.

A perfect gift book for any Murder, She Wrote fan!

'Killer recipes guaranteed to knock out your guests!' - says Jenny's writer friend Barrie Tankel.