We are still experiencing technical difficulties
involving our kitchen, so we’ve been keeping the food relatively simple for the
time being. But we dream big! In the meantime, I fantasize about having a
dinner party… I’ve even dreamed about it.
Until we settle down at Chez Food Goddess, there is food
porn!
Netflix and Hulu are our go to entertainment right now,
and to whet my appetite for some good food porn, I tried out “Tasting Menu”
(notice I did not link to anything because I really don’t want to recommend
it).
It sounded right and I liked Claudia Bassols from her
involvement in the PBS series “On
The Road Again” – a trip through Spain with Mario Batali, Mark Bittman, and
Gwyneth Paltrow. Claudia was the anti-Gwyneth. Although to be fair, Gwyneth was almost fun (which is to say she wasn’t
in full-Goopness).
If you prefer, ignore the show and just check out the recipes.
But back to “Tasting Menu,” the movie left me cold. They
could have placed it at a Chuck E. Cheese’s and it would not have significantly
affected the plot. Hell, the setting could have been a giant hot tub! For a
foodie movie, they seemed distinctly disinterested in food. In fact, you barely
saw the food. It broke my heart.
It also made me yearn for better food porn.
Some of these movies are exceptional works of dramatic art,
some I chose because the food parts were fascinating and enthralling, sexy and
enticing (and the last five are on my to-see list, as soon as I convince Mom
that a cartoon, cooking rat is not as gross as she thinks).
Kings of Pastry (documentary)
Tortilla Soup
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (documentary)
Tampopo
Finally, I have no idea what A Woman A Gun and A NoodleShop is about, but it has this scene and now I must watch it:
Did I miss anything? I'll take compelling food scenes, if the whole movie doesn't hold up or isn't really about food.
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