Fanfare is a fortnightly culture review podcast with fashion journalist Monica Ainley de La Villardière and cookbook author and Greenhouse co-founder Emma Knight. In every episode we discuss the books, movies, shows, and etceteras that are inspiring us, troubling us, or just getting us talking.
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Fanfare is a fortnightly culture review podcast with fashion journalist Monica Ainley de La Villardière and cookbook author and Greenhouse co-founder Emma Knight. In every episode we discuss the books, movies, shows, and etceteras that are inspiring us, troubling us, or just getting us talking.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
If your tastes run to Great Kates, you’ll want to listen in on this fictive feast. Katharine Hepburn, icon of the Fashion, Feminist, and Film varieties, has been summoned by Katharine Fish, Development Executive at Hillary and Chelsea Clinton’s production company, HiddenLight, to help us understand how a strong-minded, highly-schooled, in-charge sort of woman––a wearer of pantsuits!–born in 1907 managed to go from “box office poison” in the late ‘30s to Hollywood gold until her death in 2003. Alongside our theories, we’ll be serving up American Sportswear at its best, lovingly dissected classic movies, Hollywood gossip, and waffles, as well as brownies from Hepburn’s own recipe. Katharine II is a close friend, so you can also expect Monica’s university hairstyles to come up. Trousers are optional, as always, but for this episode, a nice roomy pair might be just the ticket.
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Monica Ainley DLV @monicaainleyDLV
Emma Knight @emmalknight
Katharine Fish, HiddenLight Productions
Dinner with Katharine Hepburn Playlist on Spotify
Movies in Order of Mention:
Woman of the Year (1942)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
The Philadelphia Story (1940, originally a play by Philip Barry)
The African Queen (1951)
Adam’s Rib (1949)
Books We Mention:
Deborah Levy’s Living Autobiography trilogy: Things I Don’t Want to Know, The Cost of Living, Real Estate
Fashion Inspo:
Dick Cavett Interview (1973)
Food Inspo:
And/or pancakes <—this recipe from Mark Bittman at NYTimes is similar to the one I make most often, but —> Lemon Ricotta Pancakes this one from Bon Appétit (Rick Martinez) is incredible if you are feeling fancy. So fluffy. I don’t usually bother with the blueberry-lemon compote and put the lemon juice and zest in the pancake batter instead, but to each her own!).
Half a cantoloupe, à la Adam’s Rib (/as they do in France!)
Soft-boiled eggs (boil water, gently lower eggs in, turn off burner but put lid back on pot, let stand for 3-4 min, then run under cold water and serve in an egg cup) with toast soldiers (buttered toast cut into slivers for dipping).
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