Category Waffles

Breakfast time at Spence and Kate’s – Woman of the Year (1942)

February 22, 2015 · by · in Coffee, George Stevens, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Waffles · Leave a comment

Making breakfast has never looked so hard as it does at the end of Woman of the Year (1942) when steely and independent Tess Harding (Katharine Hepburn) tries to prepare coffee and waffles for her estranged husband, Sam Craig (Spencer Tracy). Tess is a cultured and successful political correspondent – so successful she wins the […]

Mildred Pierce (1945 and 2011)

July 27, 2014 · by · in Drink, Food, Fried Chicken, Martini, Michael Curtiz, Waffles · Leave a comment

Mildred Pierce (1941 book, 1945 Michael Curtiz film, and 2011 Todd Haynes TV miniseries) is currently occupying my thoughts and my tastebuds. In all of three versions of the story, food – namely fried chicken, waffles and pies – is central to plot and characterisation. Food also conveys much about the gender politics of the […]