Foodie Movies
One of my all time favorite chefs had a list of his top 5 favorite food movies, and I had to add at least one to the list. Then I decided maybe I should post my own list. Yeah, I am no where near as popular and influential as Marcus Samuelsson, but I know a few people do hear me out and take some advice. So here is my list of top 5 foodie movies:
5. Soul Food - An African-American dysfunctional family that is held together by a mandatory Sunday meal. Just proving that a family that can eat, and fight, together will stay together.
4. Last Holiday - A woman that had the dream of being a chef is told she has 3 weeks to live. What does she do? She cashes out all her bonds and such, and goes on the trip of her dreams. She makes friends with the chef at her hotel and changes lives.
3. Simply Irresistible - A daughter inherits her mother's restaurant, but it isn't going so well. That is until a stranger, some earrings, and a crab cross her path. All of a sudden, her food seems infused with her emotions. A total romantic comedy but worth it!
2. Julie & Julia - Oh come on!! If I have to explain the movie to you I ought to smack ya! A woman feels very lost in her lifestyle and she finds that working through Julia Child's cookbook somehow gives her that anchor to understand what she wants in life. Meanwhile, you learn how Julia Child had to struggle through a male *snorts* career to make her bones.
1. Tortilla Soup - 3 Sisters and a father with a gift of cooking to perfection! Yes, I know this is a riff from another movie but I love this one more. Watching the cooking scenes is almost a moment of zen for me, and I don't think any movie makes me want to cook more than this!
5. Soul Food - An African-American dysfunctional family that is held together by a mandatory Sunday meal. Just proving that a family that can eat, and fight, together will stay together.
4. Last Holiday - A woman that had the dream of being a chef is told she has 3 weeks to live. What does she do? She cashes out all her bonds and such, and goes on the trip of her dreams. She makes friends with the chef at her hotel and changes lives.
3. Simply Irresistible - A daughter inherits her mother's restaurant, but it isn't going so well. That is until a stranger, some earrings, and a crab cross her path. All of a sudden, her food seems infused with her emotions. A total romantic comedy but worth it!
2. Julie & Julia - Oh come on!! If I have to explain the movie to you I ought to smack ya! A woman feels very lost in her lifestyle and she finds that working through Julia Child's cookbook somehow gives her that anchor to understand what she wants in life. Meanwhile, you learn how Julia Child had to struggle through a male *snorts* career to make her bones.
1. Tortilla Soup - 3 Sisters and a father with a gift of cooking to perfection! Yes, I know this is a riff from another movie but I love this one more. Watching the cooking scenes is almost a moment of zen for me, and I don't think any movie makes me want to cook more than this!