Name: At Home with Kate By E. Considine-Meara
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At Home with Kate: Growing Up in Katharine Hepburn's Household by E. Considine-Meara

At Home With Kate offers an inside look at Katherine Hepburn's life and home, from the vantage of Eileen Considine--Meara, daughter of Hepburn's live--in cook and housekeeper. This extraordinary book reveals the real woman behind the icon, sharing her daily rituals and telling stories of the many famous friends she frequently entertained, including Sidney Poitier, Lauren Bacall, Robert Wagner, and many more.

About E. Considine-Meara

EILEEN CONSIDINE--MEARA is the daughter of Norah Considine, who was Katharine Hepburna s cook and housekeeper in Hepburna s Turtle Bay town house and Connecticut estate for thirty years, starting when the author was ten. In addition to cooking and serving Hepburna s meals and arranging her social events, Norah Considine and her daughter, who frequently lent a hand, became close confidants and friends of the film icon.

Acknowledgments. Prologue. The Mayor of 49th Street. Cooking Lessons. Flamande Salad: The Recipe. Generosity. Drawing. Irene Selznick. Chicken Loaf: The Recipe. A Friend in Need. Fenwick. Kate's Brother Dick. Helping My Family. Kate's Only Husband. Mass for Spencer. Visiting Aunt Jenny. Jack Larson. Norah's Creamed Chipped Beef on Toast: The Recipe. Fans. Helping Irene. Stephen Sondheim's Chef. Norah's Rum Cake: The Recipe. Opening Night Party. The Irish Mafia. Katharine Houghton. Kate's Friend Laura Harding. Laura's Lemon Gelatin Dessert: The Recipe. Spencer's Daughter. What's Left Unsaid. Jane Fonda. Barbara Walters. The Flower Torrent. Martina Navratilova. Cynthia McFadden. Fenwick Meatloaf: The Recipe. The Missing Madonna and Child. St. Paddy's Day. Kate, Norah, and Money. Discoveries. The Handyman. Kate's Brownies: The Recipe. Maureen's Big News. Stephen Sondheim, The Technician. Stephen Sondheim's Gazpacho: The Recipe. Entertaining Molly. Dinner with Michael Jackson. Driving to Boca. Hilly's Chicken Piccata: The Recipe. Mom's Wedding Brooch. Two Generations of Courage. Robert Wagner. Sidney Poitier. Norah's Lace Cookies: The Recipe. My Boyfriend. In the Garden with Kate. Liz Smith. Dinner for a Crowd. Norah's Beef Stew: The Recipe. Garson Kanin's Betrayal. Honor at the Kennedy Center. Biographies and Autobiographies. Lauren Bacall. Anthony Quinn. Kate's Favorite Beet Soup: The Recipe. Mom's Boss and My Wedding. Warren Beatty. An Invitation from Bob Dylan. Mom's Hot Toddy: The Recipe. Caring for Kate. Letting Go. Index.

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GOR012799345

ISBN 13

9780471783763

ISBN 10

0471783765

Title

At Home with Kate: Growing Up in Katharine Hepburn's Household by E. Considine-Meara

Author

E. Considine-Meara

Condition

Used - Well Read

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Year published

20061001

Number of pages

240

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This is a used book. We do our best to provide good quality books for you to read, but there is no escaping the fact that it has been owned and read by someone else previously. Therefore it will show signs of wear and may be an ex library book

At Home with Kate E. Considine-Meara

At Home with Kate by E. Considine-Meara

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At Home with Kate Summary

At Home with Kate: Growing Up in Katharine Hepburn's Household by E. Considine-Meara

About E. Considine-Meara

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