Comments on: Katharine Hepburn’s brownies http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/02/16/katharine-hepburns-brownies/ Recipes from scratch and a lot of chatter about food ( plus a little about politics ) Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:15:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/02/16/katharine-hepburns-brownies/#comment-4609 ellaella Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:02:33 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=1732#comment-4609 Wasn't David Lean wonderful? <em>Brief Encounter</em> is one of my favorite movies and I think it was the reason I got on a rent-a-Lean kick and discovered <em>Summertime</em>. Good point about the feminine ideal, although I don't think our culture will ever move away from "thinner is better." Maybe one reason Audrey - the other Hepubrn - endures as an icon is the word <em>gamine </em>that's always associated with her. Totally non-threatening. (And she was either anorexic or bulimic, I forget which, but there's that thin thing again.) Wasn’t David Lean wonderful? Brief Encounter is one of my favorite movies and I think it was the reason I got on a rent-a-Lean kick and discovered Summertime.

Good point about the feminine ideal, although I don’t think our culture will ever move away from “thinner is better.” Maybe one reason Audrey – the other Hepubrn – endures as an icon is the word gamine that’s always associated with her. Totally non-threatening. (And she was either anorexic or bulimic, I forget which, but there’s that thin thing again.)

]]> By: canadada http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/02/16/katharine-hepburns-brownies/#comment-4600 canadada Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:13:51 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=1732#comment-4600 yum AGAIN ... and you cite two of my favourites, Lean and Hepburn ... Contemporary Kate Winslett has an an 'aura' of that Grand Dame 'Kate' as does Ann Hathaway have a whiff of Audrey Hepburn about her ... Tis interesting how the spread continues to exist within the feminine 'ideal' - from 'tom boyish' to 'ultra feminine' - no? yum AGAIN … and you cite two of my favourites, Lean and Hepburn …

Contemporary Kate Winslett has an an ‘aura’ of that Grand Dame ‘Kate’ as does Ann Hathaway have a whiff of Audrey Hepburn about her …

Tis interesting how the spread continues to exist within the feminine ‘ideal’ – from ‘tom boyish’ to ‘ultra feminine’ – no?

]]> By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/02/16/katharine-hepburns-brownies/#comment-4587 ellaella Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:23:48 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=1732#comment-4587 <strong>Ian </strong>- Rich indeed. Cutting this into 16 portions doesn't seem mean. It's sensible. I can't help but wonder if slender Hepburn ever really ate things like this, unless she had a metabolism like a rocket. Brownies <em>Cockaigne</em>? How precious. :D And you have all that wonderfu European chocolate at your fingertips. Mmmmmm! Ian - Rich indeed. Cutting this into 16 portions doesn’t seem mean. It’s sensible. I can’t help but wonder if slender Hepburn ever really ate things like this, unless she had a metabolism like a rocket.

Brownies Cockaigne? How precious. :D And you have all that wonderfu European chocolate at your fingertips. Mmmmmm!

]]> By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/02/16/katharine-hepburns-brownies/#comment-4586 ellaella Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:06:48 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=1732#comment-4586 <strong>Jenni </strong>- I love that quote! I hadn't heard it. Without thinking, I tacked on "with your fingers." :D <em>Cakey brownie</em> almost seems a contraction of terms, doesn't it? Jenni - I love that quote! I hadn’t heard it. Without thinking, I tacked on “with your fingers.” :D Cakey brownie almost seems a contraction of terms, doesn’t it?

]]> By: ian in hamburg http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/02/16/katharine-hepburns-brownies/#comment-4585 ian in hamburg Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:54:02 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=1732#comment-4585 The Joy of Cooking (hardcover, updated 1997 edition) recommends all ingredients be first at room temperature before you start out. That's for their Brownies Cockaigne, a concoction I love to serve. The biggest difference I see between Hepburn's and the Joy of Cooking's is Hepburn uses only half the flour but twice the butter. Rich! The Joy of Cooking (hardcover, updated 1997 edition) recommends all ingredients be first at room temperature before you start out. That’s for their Brownies Cockaigne, a concoction I love to serve. The biggest difference I see between Hepburn’s and the Joy of Cooking’s is Hepburn uses only half the flour but twice the butter. Rich!

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