Filmfood

Dušan Makavejev’s Love Affair; Strudel

2013-02-27T15:00:00.000+01:00

FILM Love Affair, or The Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator
(1967, Yugoslavia)
The story of the tragic romance between a young telephonist (Eva Ras) and a middle-aged rodent sanitation specialist (Slobodan Aligrudic) in sixties Belgrade is an endlessly surprising, time-shifting exploration of love and freedom.

STRUDEL

"The Strudel is a pastry with a sweet or savory filling rolled up in a very thinly stretched dough. Traditionally, Strudel dough is made from scratch out of high-gluten flour, water, and oil. Preparing the dough is manually intensive. It requires an intense kneading period to develop the gluten strands, followed by a resting period for the dough. This gives the dough the elasticity it needs to be stretched into a very thin sheet - so thin that it is almost transparent." @germanfoodguide

RECIPE: How to cook the perfect apple strudel @theguardian

Fatal Atraction: Rabbit Soup

2013-02-26T16:25:00.000+01:00

FILM FATAL ATTRACTION (USA, 1987)
An American psychological thriller, starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, and Anne Archer. The film centers around a married man who has a weekend affair with a woman who refuses to allow it to end, resulting in emotional blackmail, stalking, and an ensuing obsession on her part.

Scene: Beth (Anne Archer) comes home to find an unpleasant surprise on the stove. Alex kills Ellen's pet rabbit, and puts it on their stove to boil.

BUNNY BOILER

© Vermin Inc

The slang term "bunny boiler" has passed into popular parlance as a term for a jealous mistress, based on the film's infamous rabbit boiling scene. The phrase's first use in print was on December 6, 1990 in The Dallas Morning News, in which Glenn Close described her character in that film using the term.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Breakfast Machine

2013-01-24T23:26:00.005+01:00

FILM Chitty, Chitty, Bang Bang (1968,UK)
A 1968 British musical film loosely based on Ian Fleming's novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car.

An eccentric professor invents wacky machinery, but can't seem to make ends meet. When he invents a revolutionary car, a foreign government becomes interested in it, and resorts to skulduggery to get their hands on it. ©Murray Chapman

More breakfast and eating machines on screen

- Pee-wee's 1985 famous 'Breakfast Machine'

- Charlie Chaplin's 1936 'Modern Time Eating Machine'

Woody Allen "Dial 911, it's the lobster squad"

2013-01-15T23:23:00.000+01:00

FILM Annie Hall (1977)

Written and directed by Woody Allen: a nervous romance between a neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer and the ditsy Annie Hall. Annie Hall considered to be Allen's breakthrough movie.

"Talk to him, you speak shellfish!"

©izquotes.com

Woody Allen's revenge on Bernie Madoff

The New Yorker ran a comedy essay written by Woody Allen about two Jewish businessmen, die upon learning they’ve been swindled by Bernie Madoff, who are reincarnated as lobsters.

RECEPT ZALMPAKKETJE met komkommersaus

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Fanny and Alexander: Christmas

2012-12-19T22:11:00.000+01:00

TV: Fanny and Alexander (1982)

Ingmar Bergman masterpiece Fanny and Alexander has described by Bergman as "the sum total of my life as a filmmaker." Through the wide eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, the film witnesses the great delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family—a sprawling, convivial bourgeois clan living in 1907 Sweden. Fanny and Alexander is the legendary filmmaker’s warmest and most autobiographical film, a triumph that combines his trademark melancholy and emotional rigor with immense joyfulness and sensuality. Scene: both the family and their servants share an elaborate Christmas feast.

A popular Christmas tradition in Sweden is to serve Risgrynsgröt (Rice Pudding), special rice porridge with one almond in it. The person finding it gets to make a wish, or is believed to get married the coming year.

How to do a really Swedish Christmas

"The real enjoyment of a Swedish Christmas is in the preparations. The “getting there” should be just as joyful as the real thing. This is important because many an ambitious housewife is too exhausted to enjoy the actual festivities".

Warm Apple Pie

2012-12-06T20:12:00.000+01:00

FILM American Pie (1999, USA)
Four teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night.

"You'll never look at warm apple pie the same way again!"

RECEPT PERENCRUMBLE
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Olivier B. Bommel Een heer van stand

2012-11-17T18:40:00.000+01:00

Dutch Only, watch full English movie here

FILM 'Als je begrijpt wat ik bedoel' (Netherlands 1983, internationally known as 'the Dragon & Bumble the Bear')
"Als je begrijpt wat ik bedoel" (literally: If you know what I mean) is a 1983 Dutch film based on the popular Dutch comics of Marten Toonder, which are treasured by whole generations. Toonder had a great influence in the Dutch language by introducing new words and expressions. The phrase "een eenvoudig doch voedzaam maal" (a simple yet nutritious meal) has become a colloquialism in Dutch. This film was the first animated feature produced in the Netherlands.

Sir Oliver is a bear of nobility (Dutch: een heer van stand), he likes to think, an eloquent, though not always coherent and not very bright gentleman with a slight stutter when he's upset. "Als je begrijpt wat ik bedoel" (If you know what I mean), is usually used at the end of nearly any speech he made.

BOMMEL COOKBOOKS

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Marten Toonder's birth (2012 Marten Toonder year), famous Dutch culinary expert and cookbook author Johannes van Dam published the cookbook 'Koken op Bommelstein' (Cooking at Bommelstein).

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The first Bommel cookingbook, published in 1980, was The 'Gastronomisch Bommelbook': composed by Joost, Chef de Cuisine and butler of château Bommelstein.
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Castaway on the Moon: Black Bean Noodles

2012-11-04T17:48:00.000+01:00

FILM: Castaway on the Moon (2009, South Korea)
After failing to kill himself by jumping off a bridge, Mr. Lee is washed up on a deserted island in the middle of the river, but within view of the city's high-rises. He attempts to escape, but soon accepts his fate and the challenges in living on the island. A reclusive young woman, who takes close-up shots of the moon and has not left her apartment in years, spies him on the island and comes to think of him as her own alien. © Will Gilbert

Scene description @Planet Chocke: "Mr. Lee finds an old wrapper of noodles with black bean sauce with just the sauce contents left behind. He begins to fantasize what noodles with black bean sauce tasted like as he remembers his past of rejecting this dish! His quest in his new life now is to find a way how to make fresh noodles to fulfill his dream of tasting this dish. Making pasta from plants ends in failure until his concoction of farming bird droppings will result in harvesting corn! The symbolism of finding a way to make fresh pasta on the island is akin to him finding his own soul & purpose in life."

BLACK BEAN NOODLES (Jajangmyeon in Korean)
Jajangmyeon (자장면; 짜장면) is a popular Korean dish, derived from the Chinese dish zhajiangmian. It consists of wheat noodles topped with a thick sauce made of a salty black soybean paste, diced meat and vegetables.
With over 100 years of history, jajangmyeon is called one of the "national foods" of South Korea. It is a popular dish among families because of its taste and inexpensive cost to prepare. It has been, by far, the most popular delivery food in Korea. As of March 2009, six million servings of jajangmyun are sold in South Korea per day, and it was chosen as one of the top 100 "Korean cultural symbols" by the South Korean Government in 2006. Read more @wikipedia about Jajangmyeon

A Vegetarian in the Ukraine

2012-08-20T14:20:00.000+02:00

FILM: Everything is Illuminated (2005, USA)

A young Jewish American man endeavors to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II in a Ukrainian village, that was ultimately razed by the Nazis, with the help of an eccentric local.

'Everything is Illuminated' was adapted from the novel of the same name by Jonathan Safran Foer.

Jonathan: I'm a vegetarian.
Alex : You're a what?
Jonathan : I don't eat meat.
Alex : How can you not eat meat?

Being a vegetarian in Ukraine
Being a vegetarian in Ukraine isn't easy, as meat is an important ingredient in most Ukrainian dishes. But it isn't impossible as the country's best known dish, Ukrainian Borsch (a deep red beet-based soup), can be a meatless vegetable soup or based on either chicken or other meat bouillon.

RECIPE BORSCH
They say "there are as many recipes of borsch as women in Ukraine". The many versions of borsch served throughout the country reflect the individuality of Ukrainians as well as their ingenuity. Just Google or search on YouTube 'Ukranian Borsch' and hundreds of recipes come up, including lots of vegetarian recipes.

Gummo: Spaghetti in a bathtub

2012-05-10T23:55:00.000+02:00

FILM GUMMO (1997, USA)

Gummo is a 1997 American independent drama written and directed by Harmony Korine. The film is a series of seemingly unrelated vignettes depicting the hopeless, nihilistic lives of the residents of Xenia, Ohio, a small Midwestern town that had been previously struck by a devastating tornado.

Bacon taped to the wall?

In the scene where Solomon's eating spagetti in the bath, there's a piece of bacon taped to the wall behind him. This famous bacon-taped-to-wall scene grew from one of the houses they were filming in, in which the occupant actually did tape pieces of bacon to the wall.

Werner Herzog told the New York Times "When I saw a piece of fried bacon fixed to the bathroom wall in Gummo, it knocked me off my chair. Korine's a very clear voice of a generation of filmmakers that is taking a new position. It's not going to dominate world cinema, but so what?"

Alex van Warmerdam, Ober / Waiter

2012-04-05T18:21:00.000+02:00

FILM Waiter / Ober (NL, 2006)

Dutch black comedy film by Alex van Warmerdam. A crummy job at a run-down restaurant. A wife who is chronically ill. The anti-social neighbours. An extramarital affair that offers little more than sexual gratification.

Fictitious fifty-year-old waiter Edgar has had enough of his miserable existence… He wants out of the relationship with his wife, he wants a new girlfriend, he wants new neighbours and he is fed up with being treated like a doormat by his customers. But Edgar’s about to find out the hard way that his life is truly stranger than fiction…

RECEPT 'BEENHAM MET HONING-MOSTERDSAUS'
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The Party: Drunken Waiter

2012-04-04T19:52:00.000+02:00

FILM The Party (1968)

Starring Peter Sellers as an Indian actor making a huge mistake during the filming of a costume epic. When the 'Fire this guy' list gets confused with the studio head's guest list for a party, he appears there and everyone assumes he must belong.

Scene: At the dinner table, the drunken waiter serves the guests Salad using his bare hand instead of the proper utensil.

RECEPT 'SALADE VAN VERSE PEULVRUCHTEN MET MOSTERDZAAD EN DRAGON'

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Sabrina, Le Cordon Blue: Soufflé

2012-03-18T14:12:00.001+01:00

FILM Sabrina (1954)

Audrey Hepburn as the delightful young Sabrina, who is hopelessly in love with the playboy David. Broken hearted she goes to culinary school Le Cordon Bleu in Paris to forget him and returns as an attractive and sophisticated woman. Also starring Humphrey Bogart.

"A woman happily in love, she burns the soufflé. A woman unhappily in love, she forgets to turn on the oven".

RECEPT 'KAASSOUFFLE'

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Hitchcock's Dislike for Eggs

2012-03-17T14:48:00.004+01:00

FILM TO CATCH A THIEF (USA, 1955)

Alfred Hitchcock's 1955 romantic thriller, starring Cary Grant as a former thief suspected of a new series of crimes and Grace Kelly as the woman who romances him.

Scene: Jessie Landis, who played Grace Kelly’s mother, stubs out a cigarette in an expensive plate of eggs.

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HITCHCOCK'S DISLIKE FOR EGGS

Hitchcock told interviewer Oriana Fallaci in 1963: "I'm frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me. That white round thing without any holes . . . have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? Blood is jolly, red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. I’ve never tasted it. And then I’m frightened of my own movies. I never go to see them. I don’t know how people can bear to watch my movies.”

The Artist Breakfast

2012-03-08T15:46:00.003+01:00

FILM THE ARTIST (France, 2011)

The Artist is a love letter and homage to classic black-and-white silent films. The story takes place in Hollywood between 1927 and 1932 and focuses on the relationship of an older silent film star and a rising young actress, as silent cinema falls out of fashion and is replaced by the talkies. Most of the film itself is silent; it was produced in black-and-white, and has received wide praise from critics and many accolades.

Scene: The artist's wife is not so happy about what the gossip rags have to say about the new woman in his life.

THE STARVING ARTIST COOKBOOK

The Starving Artist Cookbook is one of the Greatest Assets a Artist could ever have, apart from His/Her talents as an Artist, whether they are a Painter, Sculptor, Singer, Musician, Writer, Actor or whatever art is theirs. The Starving Artist will help the artist to get by. To stretch each and every Dollar to pay for Food, Shelter, Paint, Canvas, Clay, Guitars, or whatever each individual Artist needs.

What's Up Tiger Lily "Egg salad"

2012-02-24T14:04:00.000+01:00

FILM WHAT'S UP TIGER LILY (USA, 1966)

In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" and re-dubbed it. By putting in new scenes and rearranging the order of existing scenes, he completely changed the tone of the films from a James Bond clone into a comedy about the search for the world's best egg salad recipe

It is written, "he who makes the best egg salad shall rule over heaven and earth." Don't ask me why egg salad - I've got enough aggravation.

Oblomovism dinner

2012-01-12T07:11:00.018+01:00

FILM OBLOMOV (1980, Russian)

Adaptation of the 19th-century Russian novel by Goncharov, first published in 1859. Oblomov is often seen as the ultimate incarnation of the superfluous man, a symbolic character in 19th-century Russian literature. Oblomov is a young, generous nobleman who seems incapable of making important decisions or undertaking any significant actions. He passes the days in bed indulging himself with food and aimless pondering, he reminisces about his childhood and the life he's led, and he discovers a fulfilling poetry to his life.

The book was considered a satire of Russian nobility whose social and economic function was increasingly in question in mid-nineteenth century Russia. Goncharov's work added new words to the Russian lexicon, most notably "Oblomovism" — a sort of fatalistic laziness that many critics described as an integral part of Russian character.

A TASTE OF RUSSIA Cookbook

With over 200 recipes on everything from borshch to blini, from Salmon Coulibiac to Beef Stew with Rum, from Marinated Mushrooms to Walnut-Honey Filled Pies, Darra Goldstein's A Taste of Russia shows off the best that Russian cooking has to offer. Full of great quotes from Russian literature about Russian food and designed in a convenient wide format that stays open during use.

Quote from A taste of Russia on Oblomov:

"The first and foremost vital concern at Oblomovka was food. What calves were fattened there for the holidays! What fowl were raised! How many subtle considerations, how many pursuits and worries there were in taking care of them! The Turkeys and chickens intended for name-days and other celebrations were fed on nuts; the geese were deprived of any exercise at all and hung motionless in a sack for several days before the holiday, so they would swim in their own fat. What stores of jams and pickles and cookies there were! What honeys! What kvasses were brewed, and what pies were baked.

The pies baked at Oblomovka were indeed wonderful. Baked on Sunday, they were large enough to last throughout the week, until Friday, when the last stale crumbs were given to beggars as charity." © Darra Goldstein

The Help 'Minny's Chocolate Pie'

2012-01-04T17:36:00.016+01:00

FILM THE HELP (USA, 2011)

The Help is a comedy-drama film, based on Kathryn Stockett's best-selling novel. The film is an ensemble piece about a young white woman, Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, and her relationship with two black maids during Civil Rights era America in the early 1960s. Skeeter is a journalist who decides to write a controversial book from the point of view of the maids (known as the Help), exposing the racism they are faced with as they work for white families.

Scene: As revenge for firing her and accusing her of stealing, Minny bakes a chocolate pie and delivers it to Hilly. After Hilly has finished two slices, Minny, the help, informs her about the 'special' ingredient she's added to the pie.

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Real Southern Food on Screen

For foodies, 'The Help' is a real feast for the eyes, especially for Southern American Food lovers. In Food & Wine magazine, the Southern cuisine from “The Help” is lovely featured: "Southern food never looked more delicious than it does in The Help"

"What's unusual is that almost all the food in the movie was made by real Southern cooks - including teachers, a journalist and a cafeteria manager - recruited in Greenwood, Mississippi. Hollywood filmmakers typically work with caterers and food stylists, but director Tate Taylor, a Jackson native, wanted authenticity. "There's a way we cook in the South; vegetables get a certain color to them," he says. "That gets lost a lot of times, unless the right people make the food."

Read the full article: The Help: Southern Food at Food & Wine magazine, along with several recipes from the 'cooks' who prepared the food for The Help. (Including Minny's chocolate pie minus one ingredient).

Upstairs, Downstairs: Mrs Bridges 'Win the War Pie'

2012-01-02T16:38:00.000+01:00

TV UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS (UK, 1974)

Award-winning 1970s British television series. Set in a large townhouse in Edwardian, First World War London, the series depicted the lives of the servants "downstairs" and their masters "upstairs". It stands as a document of the social and technological changes that occurred between 1903 and 1930. The show features Richard Bellamy (David Langton) as the head of the upstairs household, with Scottish butler Hudson (Gordon Jackson) in charge of all things below stairs. Starring Angela Baddeley as the talented cook Mrs Bridges. Scene: Mrs Bridges and Ruby go to a "War Cooking" lecture after pressure from Mr Hudson. Mrs Bridges starts to make meals from leftovers, including "Win the War Pie", much to everyone's distaste.

Angela Baddeley (Mrs. Bridges) received the C.B.E. (Commander of the British Empire), awarded in the Queen's 1975 New Year's Honours List. According to Queen Elizabeth II, Upstairs, Downstairs was her favorite program in 1975 and Mrs. Bridges her favorite character.

Mrs Bridges 'Upstairs Downstairs Cookery Book'

Recipes that Mrs Bridges might have cooked

This 1975 cookbook is made up of a possibly fictitous number of excerpts for the modern day cook from the famous 1905 book 'Practical Household Cookery' by Mrs. Bridges. The book is supposed to have been written at 165 Eaton Place London, the London home of the Bellamys', the original book was supposedly over 1000 pages long. It is said in the introduction that ''very few copies of the original book survive, so it is very pleasing to have these excerpts to get an idea of the original'. Of interest to those who like cooking as well as those who loved the TV series.

A Christmas Carol 'The Goose' 1938

2011-12-16T13:33:00.002+01:00

FILM A Christmas Carol (1938, USA)

1938 American film adaptation of Dickens' classic story about the old merchant Scrooge and how his own disappointments in life shape his view that both life and men are not worthy of his notice or concern.

Scene: Shopping for Christmas dinner!

The Goose Club

"In Victorian times, most Londoners would have been familiar with the "goose club", which was a method of saving to buy a goose for Christmas. Goose clubs were popular with working-class Londoners, who paid a few pence a week towards the purchase of a Christmas goose. The week before Christmas, London meat markets were crammed with geese and turkeys, many imported from Germany and France, although some were raised in Norfolk, and taken to market in London. The birds were walked from Norfolk to the markets in London, to protect their feet the turkeys were dressed in boots made of sacking or leather and geese had their feet protected with a covering of tar. This traditional Christmas goose was featured in Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'."

A Christmas Story 'Mommy's little piggy'

2011-12-09T18:15:00.005+01:00

FILM A Christmas Story 1983 (USA)

Ralphie, a young boy growing up in the '40's, dreams of owning a Red Rider BB gun. He sets out to convince the world this is the perfect Christmas gift. But along the way, he runs into opposition from his parents, his teacher, and even good 'old Santa Claus himself.

Mommy's little piggy scene: In an attempt to get her sun to eat his mashed potatoes and meatloaf, his mother encourage him to eat like a 'little piggy'.

MEATLOAF
Meatloaf, considered the ultimate comfort food by many, is a dish of ground meat formed into a loaf shape and baked or smoked. It is usually made from ground beef, although lamb, pork, veal, venison, and poultry or a combination are also used.

La Vita è bella / Life is Beautiful

2011-11-06T18:52:00.002+01:00

FILM LA VITA E BELLA (1997, IT)

3 Oscar-winning Holocaust movie. A Jewish man has a wonderful romance with the help of his humour, but must use that same quality to protect his son in a Nazi death camp.

Scene: to keep up his son's spirits, he's translating the German rules of the Nazi camp into a game for winning a tank.

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WHAT DOES THE GERMAN OFFICER REALLY SAY?

There are three basic rules you should keep in mind all the time: 1st Don't try to escape! 2nd Obbey each command without questioning! 3rd Any attempt by a rebellion will be punished by hanging! Is that clear?

Translation: You'll lose your points for three things: 1st: if you cry. 2nd: if you want to see your mommy. 3rd: if you're hungry and you want a snack. Forget about it!

You are privileged to work here! Nothing will hapen as long as you follow the rules. So, that's all!
It's easy to lose points for being hungry. Just yesterday I lost 40 points, because I absolutely had to have a jam sandwich.

And one more thing! with this whistle, everyone assembles on the courtyard immediately. Muster in two rows! Silently! Every morning! With appeal!
Apricot jam! He wanted strawberry. Don't ask for any lollipops. You won't get any. We eat them all!

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Once Upon a Time in America 'Charlotte Russe'

2011-10-15T09:34:00.003+02:00

FILM ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERIKA (USA, 1984)

An Italian epic crime film co-written and directed by Sergio Leone and starring Robert De Niro and James Woods. The story chronicles the lives of Jewish ghetto youths who rise to prominence in New York City's world of organized crime. The film explores themes of childhood friendships, love, lust, greed, betrayal, loss, broken relationships, and the rise of mobsters in American society.

"Bring me a charlotte russe, and then you can do anything you like..."

That one. With the cream. The five-cent one? Yeah. For the two-penny one she only gives you a hand job, I can do that myself".

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CHARLOTTE RUSSE

Charlotte russe is a dessert invented by the French chef Marie Antoine Carême (1784–1833), who named it in honor of his Russian employer Czar Alexander I (russe being the French word for "Russian"). It is a cold dessert of Bavarian cream set in a mold lined with ladyfingers.

Charlotte russe was also a dessert or on-the-go treat popular during 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. It was sold in candy stores and luncheonettes throughout the five boroughs of New York. It consisted of a paper cup filled with yellow cake and whipped cream topped with half a maraschino cherry. The bottom of the cup is pushed up to eat.

"Soylent Green is people!"

2011-10-14T20:09:00.001+02:00

FILM Soylent Green (USA, 1973)

American science fiction film: in the year 2022, Natural food like fruits, vegetables, and meat among others are now extinct. Earth is overpopulated and New York City has 40 million starving, poverty stricken people. The only way they survive is with water rations and eating a mysterious food called Soylent. A detective investigates the murder of the president of the Soylent company. The truth he uncovers is more disturbing than the Earth in turmoil when he learns the secret ingredient of Soylent Green. © Mystic80

Scene: for the first time in years, they eat normal food instead of Soylent Green.

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SOYLENT
The word Soylent is supposed to suggest soy and lentils based nutrition source which later turns out to be made out of harvested humans hence: Soylent Green is people!

In 2010 the Australian publisher Penguin was forced to pulp and reprint 7000 copies of Pasta Bible after a recipe called for "salt and freshly ground black people" instead of black pepper – to be added to the spelt tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto. The misprint was an honest mistake.The Pasta Bible Cookbook (with misprint) is available on ebay: AU $200.00

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RECEPT 'KNOLSELDERIJ-LINZEN SALADE MET WALNOTEN EN MUNT'

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Elizabeth David: Seasonal Food

2011-09-23T16:38:00.006+02:00

TV: Elizabeth David: a Live in Recipes (UK, 2006)

Dramatization of the turbulent life of British cookery writer Elizabeth David (1913 - 1992), the original domestic goddess. She strongly influenced the revitalisation of the art of home cookery with articles and books about European cuisines and traditional British dishes. She published her first book of Mediterranean Food in 1950, and went on to write eight more books that have sold more than two million copies worldwide. Her public image was of an elegant, respectable and somewhat austere figure. In reality, Elizabeth was a deeply unconventional person with a profound passion for food, life and men.

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“A world devoid of tomato soup, tomato sauce, tomato ketchup and tomato paste is hard to visualize. Could the tin and processed food industries have got where they have without the benefit of the tomato compounds which colour, flavour, thicken and conceal so many deficiencies? How did the Italians eat spaghetti before the advent of the tomato? Was there such a thing as tomato-less Neapolitan pizza?”
Elizabeth David, An Omelette and a Glass of Wine, 1984

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RECEPT PESTO SALIE & WALNOTEN
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Filmfood

Dušan Makavejev’s Love Affair; Strudel

Fatal Atraction: Rabbit Soup

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Breakfast Machine

Woody Allen "Dial 911, it's﻿ the lobster squad"

Fanny and Alexander: Christmas

Warm Apple Pie

Olivier B. Bommel Een heer van stand

Castaway on the Moon: Black Bean Noodles

A Vegetarian in the Ukraine

Gummo: Spaghetti in a bathtub

Alex van Warmerdam, Ober / Waiter

The Party: Drunken Waiter

Sabrina, Le Cordon Blue: Soufflé

Hitchcock's Dislike for Eggs

The Artist Breakfast

What's Up Tiger Lily "Egg salad"

Oblomovism dinner

The Help 'Minny's Chocolate Pie'

Upstairs, Downstairs: Mrs Bridges 'Win the War Pie'

A Christmas Carol 'The Goose' 1938

A Christmas Story 'Mommy's little piggy'

La Vita è bella / Life is Beautiful

Once Upon a Time in America 'Charlotte Russe'

"Soylent Green is people!"

Elizabeth David: Seasonal Food

Woody Allen "Dial 911, it's the lobster squad"