by Jenny | 14 Jan, 2022 | Katharine Hepburn, The Great Bear Project
More or less as soon as we were able to venture out into the world again after the first pandemic lockdown we got back on the trail of The Great Bear. Stop #15 was Hendon Central aka Katharine Hepburn in the world of Simon Patterson. We set off there, in masks, to...
by Jenny | 28 Jun, 2016 | Katharine Hepburn
Do you ever enter competitions? My mum went through a phase of entering every competition going, often asking us kids to help with the tie-breakers. Usually something along the lines of “Mr Kipling’s Cakes are…..” fill in the...
by Jenny | 8 Mar, 2015 | Katharine Hepburn
My lovely chum Nathalie Morris has written a fab piece on the bfi website about Katharine’s Brownies. Check it out here… Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies I’ve had variable results with Katharine’s recipe (good batch – bad batch)...
by Jenny | 28 Apr, 2014 | Katharine Hepburn
It was annual Duckie Day chez Mr R yesterday and he cooked up a divine combination of perfectly roasted duck, corn on the cob, brussels sprouts, roast potatoes and roast parsnips. Bloody gorgeous. I wanted to make a cake but was somewhat restricted by Mr...
by Jenny | 17 Sep, 2013 | Katharine Hepburn
I made a batch of these to take on a camping trip but they were rubbish. It was my fault entirely as being someone who hates to waste food, I deviated from the recipe and recycled some melted chocolate truffles instead of using plain dark chocolate. Cathy...
by Jenny | 10 Jun, 2011 | Katharine Hepburn
I’m really trying to stick to my testing schedule so this morning I got up at 6 to make some of Katharine’s legendary Brownies. There is much discussion about this recipe on the internet but as far as I can ascertain it was first published in an article...
by Jenny | 17 Mar, 2010 | Katharine Hepburn
“If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.” Cheer up then Katharine, you look like you are in a right old strop! Oh alright then, please yourself…. Gadzooks, just when I think I can drop Katharine’s recipe from the...
by Jenny | 2 Dec, 2009 | Anna Sten, Colleen Moore, Greer Garson, Janet Gaynor, Katharine Hepburn, Lana Turner, Mae West
What a FANTASTIC afternoon we had in Cardiff at the Silver Screen Suppers event. There was a lot of love in the house and a LOT of cream cheese too! Chefs Ruth C, Katharine and Anita rustled up tonnes of Silver Screen Supper foodstuffs and the guests wolfed the lot...
by Jenny | 17 Sep, 2009 | Katharine Hepburn
“I’ll be a boy… and rough and hard!” I’d forgotten all about Katharine posing as a boy in “Sylvia Scarlett”. Maybe it would be a good double bill with Louise Brooks in “Beggars of Life” or even better, Jessie...
by Jenny | 9 Sep, 2009 | Katharine Hepburn
“Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.” I’m hoping that LOTS of people test Katharine’s Eggplant recipe so I can populate the blog with her wonderful quotes....
