Food and Movies

Food and movies go together, that's a fact!
Tomorrow is Valentines Day and a lots of people consider a perfect date to be having a dinner and then going to the movies.

 Food is one of the central themes in life and movies narrate stories about it, so i decided to show you my TOP 1 Movie with/about Food.


My all time favorite movie about food is actually a movie about  love...

Like water for chocolate


The storyline takes place in Mexico during the mexican revolution.
It is a love story between Pedro and Tita who are forbidden to marry each other.
Instead, Tita's mother Elena forces Pedro to marry Tita's older sister, which obviously breaks Tita's heart.

To add insult to injury, Tita's mother forces her to prepare the wedding meal and the cake.
Heartbroken she cries over the cake batter and when the wedding guest eat it, everyone starts to cry for a lost love.

This is where Tita becomes conscious about her power to seduce people around her with her cuisine.
And it remains the only way she and Pedro can continue loving each other without being untrue.

Great story, great feelings, a lot of sensuality and symbolism as well as metaphors mixed with a cuisine to die for. Go and see for yourself!

This weeks favorite : When the big hunger attacks....

For all the times when you feel like you could eat a horse...i propose to get yourself this kitchen measuring tool from iceland... yes the icelanders....great people...

Now you know exactly how much a horse is... in spaghetti-terms...

Hilarious!

via here

French Food Friday

New Year, New Challenges!
I have been living in France for almost 4 years now and have learnt to appreciate french cuisine.
I admit it wasn't that hard.
I suppose everyone has heard at least one word about the famous french chef Paul Bocuse?

When i was living in Lyon (if you ask me a more beautiful city than Paris itself...) i used to travel almost every weekend to Dijon to meet my then Boyfriend (now husband) and i passed by one of his Restaurants...

This colorful one... L'Auberge du Pont de Collonges

After all the season's festivities and the booze, the frenchies serve their famous Soupe à l'onion which i present you today:

Receipt serves 4

Ingredients

100 g Gruyère

400 g Onions

100 g Butter

2 spoons Flour

1,5 l Bouillon (beef or chicken stock or salted boiling water can be used)

1 Baguette

Salt&Pepper

Method

The quality of the onions is crucial in this recipe!

Onions cut in half and then sliced into 3mm slices.

On a hight heat, in a large non-stick saucepan, melt the butter without letting it brown. Add the onions and let them soften, stir frequently.

Stir the flour into nice caramelized onions and mix with a wooden spoon thoroughly.

Add the boiling water or stock, simmer for 15 minutes on low heat.

Arrange the baguette slices on a baking tray and sprinkle the freshly grated Gruyère over them. Place under a hot grill for 5 minutes to meld and slightly brown the cheese

Serve the Soup in bowls with croûtons on top, the remaining Gruyère aside.

Bon appétit!!!

Comfort me...

It is getting colder, the fall has arrived and i find myself craving more for Soul food.

I had 2 old german small breads and decided to make vite fait mini pizzas...

Revamp your Food

 A nice idea!!! Still fashionistas will be eating salad!!

Monday's music and last night's dinner

Spanish Chicken

This dish is one of our favorites, it is easy to prepare, all you need is quality spices and meat...

for further information, please check out the receipt:

Ferran Adria's Chicken

i changed m dish a little bit: i didn't use the cherries, prunes and apricots, because i didn't have any, but next time i'll try this one.

Bon appetit!!!

Silence, ça pousse...

I am trying to grow my own little herb garden for my kitchen!!! Pesto Genovese it just around the corner!!

oh, and after one week and a half, these are the results...a bit poor, but we are gonna get there!!! We'll shorten the time with thoughts of pesto, Caprese, green smoothies... fresh herbs everywhere!!!

Stay tuned!