Book Review: Movie Menus

For Christmas, my friend Erin (the heretofore referenced “number one reader”) decided to indulge both the classic film fan and the latent foodie in me, and thus gifted me with Francine Segan’s book Movie Menus: Recipes for Perfect Meals with Your Favorite Films. The result of years of research, Segan’s book provides updated, time-tested recipes…

Review: The Bogie and Bacall Signature Collection

When considering the greatest love affairs in the history of Hollywood, the smoldering pairing of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall would have to rank near the top of the list. Though Bogart was twenty-six years older than the fledgling starlet Bacall (whom he nicknamed “Baby”), their relationship lasted a passionate and loving thirteen years, until…