Tag: Sophia Loren

January 26, 2016 / Vickie Lester

Stars of the 1950s – Sophia Loren

July 3, 2015 / Vickie Lester

My mom always told me this was Sophia Loren’s pasta recipe…

I can neither confirm or deny, but it’s easy and perfect for hot weather cooking. Pasta Puttanesca 4-6 minced cloves of garlic 4 anchovy fillets A good handful of fresh basil, like five sprigs or a cup — chopped A dash of red pepper flakes (I don’t like things so…

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August 30, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Noel Coward on Vulgar Curiosity, Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons

… But during the last few years this has become increasingly difficult owing to the misguided encouragement of a new form of social parasite, the gossip columnist. This curious phenomenon has insinuated itself itself into the lifestream not only of Hollywood but the whole of America, and what began as…

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January 24, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Cat fight – Hollywood style – or Vickie Lester goes Sicilian

Listen, babies. It has recently come to my attention that some creative types begrudge other creative types success. I know…hard to believe. I want you to listen to something Ms. Anita Loos said in her seventies: “What I admire most in life is an expert; any expert. An expert is…

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December 22, 2013 / Vickie Lester

Tag: Sophia Loren

Stars of the 1950s – Sophia Loren

My mom always told me this was Sophia Loren’s pasta recipe…

Noel Coward on Vulgar Curiosity, Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons

Cat fight – Hollywood style – or Vickie Lester goes Sicilian

A Sophia Loren Christmas – everything you see I owe to spaghetti