Cooking with the Movies

Cooking with the Movies enables readers to recreate the fabulous meals depicted in 14 all-time favorite food films.Food has always been a key ingredient on the big screen yet no book has ever been devoted to recreating the meals served in famous films. Now for film buffsand anyone else whose mouth has watered over on-screen culinary delightsthere is the delicious Cooking with the Movies: Meals on Reels.Cooking with the Movies recreates featured meals from 14 noted filmsincluding Babette''s Feast Big Night Chocolat Goodfellas Tampopo Titanic and Tortilla Soupthat span a wide range of cuisines and cultures from French to Mexican to Japanese. Each chapter provides the menu and full recipes for preparing and cooking the dishes depicted on screen with photos of how each can be served. Along with precise directions the authors analyze the importance of the foods served and the context of the meals in the storyline of the film. Illuminated with plot summaries dialogue from the movies and when possible interviews with actors or directors Cooking with the Movies provides fascinating behind-the-scenes insights for foodies and film buffs alike. More information is available at cookingwiththemovies.