dinner FROM a movie???

[SETH885315]

we all know about dinner AND a movie, i was just wondering to myself if anyone else has ever cooked or eaten something that they originally saw IN a movie? for some reason, i find that sometimes different foods, when mentioned in movies, stay with me and then i'll try to research them and make them. i remember the first time i did this, as a matter of fact, a few years ago when i was just starting to take an interest in baking and making desserts, and i watched "desk set" with hepburn and tracy. they got caught in a rainstorm and went back to her apartment, where she made them dinner. i don't know what they had for the meal, but he asked her what was for desert and she said "floating island." then you saw them eating something cream-like out of a bowl. well, i found a recipe for this and saw that it was really just a bowl full of custard with cream on top (hence the name), and i figured it was easy enough to try to make. i did make it, but found it to be on the sweet side. but since then, i find that i actually pay attention and try to get suggestions from movies for new things. anyone else done this?

seth

[Zinnia]

Hi Seth,
Yes, I have done that too. Sometimes when watching a movie I wonder (what it's called) they are eating, and want to make it.
In the March 1998 issue of CL magazine there is an article called "Reel Food". The "Desk Set" Oven-Fried Chicken Breasts are in it, along with these as well..

"Mystic Pizza" Pizza
"Tequila Sunrise" Pasta Quattro Fromaggio
"Groundhog Day" Buttermilk Pancakes
"Lady & the Tramp" Spaghetti & Meatballs
"Fried Green Tomatoes" Banana Cream Pie
"The Big Easy" Cajun Gumbo
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" Cinnamon Twists

I have tried all of them and they are good!
From the article: "CL lightened them for today's audiences and in some cases, we've reformatted and even colorized them". You may want to try some of them! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif Zinnia

[SETH885315]

thanks for the reply! glad to see cl did a whole piece on it, now i don't feel like such a freak! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif i will have to try to scout up those recipes now!

seth

[tovie]

Not from movies, but quite a bit from books. Probably because I don't watch much television but I read (excessively <g> )

I think the first time I did involved a medieval book and one of the characters ate something called fermentry. And I was like, what is that and is it good? So I spent some time at the library researching it (the library here has a wonderful cookbook collection <g> ) and turned up a recipe for it. Well, I didn't care for fermentry at all, but it was fun looking up info on medieval cooking, so I kept doing it anytime something to eat interested me in a book. Native American, Ancient Greece, lots of more modern ethnic food. Lots of fun researching and then trying to track down ingredients or US equivalents of them if I found a recipe that looks good enough to try.

I did give fish sauce from ancient Greece a skip and also whale blubber with the Eskimos (bg) but there are lots of other things that turned out to be really good.

Sometimes I like things so much, they get added to my list of stuff I make/buy regularly. Groundnut stew from an African character. Harira, which is an African/Middle Eastern soup, from an Islamic character. Lots of fruits and veggies, I love plantains, cherimoyas (I've wanted to try bread fruit for years but have never found it). Different bread and dessert recipes, I make flatbread quite a bit after research into what Bible times characters ate. The Middle East does some interesting things with dessert, Turkish Delight comes to mind (just lose the rosewater flavor <g> ick!) my only lament is that neither they nor Indian cuisine does much with chocolate (g).

Tovie

[JillC]

I've always wanted to try eating (but don't think I'd have the patience to make) the timpano (I think that's what it was called) from the movie Big Night. Even though I ate before I saw that movie, I was starving afterwards!
Another good food movie is Babette's Feast.
Jill

[venus]

I made the pasta sauce from the Godfather once. It actually turned out pretty good!

[laurenc]

Actually - just yesterday I had my first breakfast from a movie experience. My dad made a breakfast of "eggs and roasted red peppers over toast" that he saw in "Moonstruck".

You cut a hole in the center of a slice of bread and put the bread in a frying pan. Then you crack a egg into the hole and cook it. Then flip it over and layer with roasted red peppers.

We had the movie soundtrack playing in the kitchem while we cooked and ate - it was so much fun!

[pammy]

Tovie,

A good book for you to try, "Like Water for Chocolate", the author includes recipes for the wonderful food in the book. It is also a great movie for anyone who would rather see the food.

[tovie]

Originally posted by pammy:
Tovie,

A good book for you to try, "Like Water for Chocolate", the author includes recipes for the wonderful food in the book. It is also a great movie for anyone who would rather see the food.

Oh, cool. I'm guessing at least some of them must be chocolate with a title like that (bg)Thanks.

I've just been talking with a friend about creating a dessert we both read about and we're negotiating just how closely it needs to follow the description (although I get final say cause I'm the one cooking <bg> ) I just have to be sure to try it for a weekend when I have company so I only get one piece and there won't be any in the fridge calling my name (g)

Tovie

[Lizz13.1]

Another book that has recipies is Under a Tuscan Sun. Also, there is a set of murder mysteries that the hero is a catereer from Colorado. There is an entire series of them. One of the one's I read was Death by Chocolate. They have recipies in them too. This may be a good theme for a supper club night!